GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5870
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
2.96

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 by a whopping 531% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking782296
Place by popularitynot in top-10020
Power efficiency4.0628.45
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameBroadwayGA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)17 December 2021 (3 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 cores8002048
Core clock speed700 MHz1185 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1477 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate28.0094.53
Floating-point processing power1.12 TFLOPS6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4064
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 sizelargelarge
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x8

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s112.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

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
RTX 2050 Mobile 18.68
+531%

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
RTX 2050 Mobile 46821
+485%

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:

900p31
−513%
190−200
+513%
Full HD39
−7.7%
42
+7.7%
1440p5−6
−580%
34
+580%
4K3−4
−733%
25
+733%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−717%
49
+717%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−367%
40−45
+367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−4100%
42
+4100%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−1120%
60−65
+1120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−443%
35−40
+443%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−600%
42
+600%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−633%
40−45
+633%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−525%
50−55
+525%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−631%
110−120
+631%
Hitman 3 8−9
−450%
44
+450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−314%
90−95
+314%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−2033%
60−65
+2033%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−408%
60−65
+408%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−126%
85−90
+126%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−367%
40−45
+367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2000%
21
+2000%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−1120%
60−65
+1120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−443%
35−40
+443%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−400%
30
+400%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−633%
40−45
+633%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−525%
50−55
+525%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−631%
110−120
+631%
Hitman 3 8−9
−438%
43
+438%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−314%
90−95
+314%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−2033%
60−65
+2033%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−417%
62
+417%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−200%
40−45
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−126%
85−90
+126%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−367%
40−45
+367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−600%
7
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−443%
35−40
+443%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−317%
25
+317%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−633%
40−45
+633%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−631%
110−120
+631%
Hitman 3 8−9
−388%
39
+388%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−314%
90−95
+314%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−358%
55
+358%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−136%
33
+136%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+117%
18
−117%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−620%
35−40
+620%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−600%
27−30
+600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−533%
18−20
+533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−633%
21−24
+633%
Hitman 3 8−9
−175%
21−24
+175%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−443%
35−40
+443%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−517%
110−120
+517%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−417%
30−35
+417%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−450%
10−12
+450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 24−27
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 47
+0%
47
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 513% faster in 900p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 8% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 580% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 733% faster in 4K

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 117% faster.
  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 4100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is ahead in 60 tests (85%)
  • there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.96 18.68
Recency 7 January 2010 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 45 Watt

RTX 2050 Mobile has a 531.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 11.1% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.


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