GeForce RTX 3070 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Place in the ranking	784	42
Place by popularity	not in top-100	37
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	57.29
Power efficiency	4.09	18.17
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Broadway	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	5888
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1725 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	220 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	317.4
Floating-point processing power	1.12 TFLOPS	20.31 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	96
TMUs	40	184
Tensor Cores	no data	184
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	46

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 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-pin

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	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	448.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	-	8.5

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 2.97

RTX 3070 58.06
+1855%

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 3070 88744
+1009%

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 −1835%	600−650 +1835%
Full HD	38 −295%	150 +295%
1440p	5−6 −1860%	98 +1860%
4K	3−4 −2033%	64 +2033%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	3.33
1440p	no data	5.09
4K	no data	7.80

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1390%	149 +1390%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −2350%	147 +2350%
Elden Ring	6−7 −2267%	142 +2267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1571%	110−120 +1571%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1250%	135 +1250%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1967%	124 +1967%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −2121%	311 +2121%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −2380%	124 +2380%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −973%	118 +973%
Valorant	1−2 −24500%	246 +24500%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1571%	110−120 +1571%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1070%	117 +1070%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1717%	109 +1717%
Dota 2	8−9 −1613%	137 +1613%
Elden Ring	6−7 −3917%	241 +3917%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −435%	91 +435%
Fortnite	16−18 −1331%	220−230 +1331%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −1729%	256 +1729%
Grand Theft Auto V	8−9 −1575%	134 +1575%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −2040%	107 +2040%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −696%	210−220 +696%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −791%	98 +791%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −1482%	170−180 +1482%
Valorant	1−2 −15800%	159 +15800%
World of Tanks	50−55 −426%	270−280 +426%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1571%	110−120 +1571%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −950%	105 +950%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1417%	91 +1417%
Dota 2	8−9 −1463%	125 +1463%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −588%	110−120 +588%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −1493%	223 +1493%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −696%	210−220 +696%
Valorant	1−2 −23600%	237 +23600%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	0−1	98
Elden Ring	2−3 −6500%	132 +6500%
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2 −9400%	95 +9400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −733%	170−180 +733%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −3050%	63 +3050%
World of Tanks	20−22 −1800%	350−400 +1800%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −2800%	85−90 +2800%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −656%	68 +656%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1833%	58 +1833%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −2186%	160−170 +2186%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −16500%	166 +16500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −2875%	110−120 +2875%
Valorant	10−11 −1980%	208 +1980%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −631%	117 +631%
Elden Ring	1−2 −6700%	68 +6700%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −667%	115 +667%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −2475%	200−210 +2475%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2050%	43 +2050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −680%	117 +680%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −3600%	70−75 +3600%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2700%	28 +2700%
Dota 2	16−18 −681%	125 +681%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −3400%	100−110 +3400%
Fortnite	1−2 −9500%	95−100 +9500%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	98
Valorant	3−4 −3767%	116 +3767%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Metro Exodus

101

+0%

101

+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	43 +0%	43 +0%
Metro Exodus	49 +0%	49 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2

65−70

+0%

65−70

+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and RTX 3070 compete in popular games:

RTX 3070 is 1835% faster in 900p
RTX 3070 is 295% faster in 1080p
RTX 3070 is 1860% faster in 1440p
RTX 3070 is 2033% faster in 4K

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

in Valorant, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3070 is 24500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3070 is ahead in 57 tests (93%)
there's a draw in 4 tests (7%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.97	58.06
Recency	7 January 2010	1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	220 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has 340% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070, on the other hand, has a 1854.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3070 is a desktop one.

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