GeForce MX550 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Place in the ranking	779	405
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.13	32.84
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Broadway	TU117S
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	17 December 2021 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	800	1024
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1065 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1320 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	42.24
Floating-point processing power	1.12 TFLOPS	2.703 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	40	32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	96 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.7 (6.4)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 2.96

GeForce MX550 11.78
+298%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999

GeForce MX550 36560
+357%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	31 −287%	120−130 +287%
Full HD	39 −17.9%	46 +17.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−200%

18−20
+200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −211%	27−30 +211%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −660%	35−40 +660%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −313%	30−35 +313%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −388%	75−80 +388%
Hitman 3	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −186%	60−65 +186%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −1200%	35−40 +1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −371%	30−35 +371%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −217%	35−40 +217%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −76.9%	65−70 +76.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −211%	27−30 +211%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −660%	35−40 +660%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −313%	30−35 +313%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −388%	75−80 +388%
Hitman 3	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −186%	60−65 +186%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −1200%	35−40 +1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −371%	30−35 +371%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −333%	52 +333%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −114%	30−33 +114%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −76.9%	65−70 +76.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −211%	27−30 +211%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −388%	75−80 +388%
Hitman 3	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −186%	60−65 +186%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −250%	42 +250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −92.9%	27 +92.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −76.9%	65−70 +76.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−371%

30−35
+371%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −360%	21−24 +360%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Hitman 3	8−9 −87.5%	14−16 +87.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −311%	70−75 +311%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−217%

18−20
+217%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−175%

10−12
+175%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and GeForce MX550 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX550 is 287% faster in 900p
GeForce MX550 is 18% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce MX550 is 1700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GeForce MX550 is ahead in 61 test (86%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.96	11.78
Recency	7 January 2010	17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt

GeForce MX550 has a 298% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The GeForce MX550 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.