Radeon 540X vs ATI Mobility HD 5870
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon 540X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
540X outperforms Mobility HD 5870 by a substantial 39% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 850 | 759 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.21 | 5.86 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Broadway | Lexa |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (16 years ago) | 5 September 2018 (7 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 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 980 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1046 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,040 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.00 | 33.47 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.12 TFLOPS | 1.071 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 40 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 80 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 512 KB |
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 3.0 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 | GDDR5 |
| 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 | 48 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
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
−29%
| 40−45
+29%
|
| Full HD | 39
+105%
| 19
−105%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
−113%
|
17
+113%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7
−50%
|
9
+50%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 8−9
−50%
|
12
+50%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 9−10
−189%
|
26
+189%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
−113%
|
17
+113%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7
−33.3%
|
8−9
+33.3%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
−37.5%
|
10−12
+37.5%
|
| Fortnite | 14−16
−343%
|
62
+343%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16
−28.6%
|
18−20
+28.6%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 7−8
−143%
|
17
+143%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 12−14
−23.1%
|
16−18
+23.1%
|
| Valorant | 45−50
−17.8%
|
50−55
+17.8%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 9−10
−122%
|
20
+122%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+60%
|
5
−60%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 50−55
−3.8%
|
55
+3.8%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7
−33.3%
|
8−9
+33.3%
|
| Dota 2 | 27−30
−74.1%
|
47
+74.1%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
−37.5%
|
10−12
+37.5%
|
| Fortnite | 14−16
−57.1%
|
22
+57.1%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16
−28.6%
|
18−20
+28.6%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 7−8
−42.9%
|
10−11
+42.9%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 7−8
−114%
|
15
+114%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
| Metro Exodus | 5−6
−20%
|
6
+20%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 12−14
−23.1%
|
16−18
+23.1%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
−77.8%
|
16
+77.8%
|
| Valorant | 45−50
−17.8%
|
50−55
+17.8%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 9−10
−100%
|
18
+100%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7
−33.3%
|
8−9
+33.3%
|
| Dota 2 | 27−30
−63%
|
44
+63%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
−37.5%
|
10−12
+37.5%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16
−28.6%
|
18−20
+28.6%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 12−14
−23.1%
|
16−18
+23.1%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
−11.1%
|
10
+11.1%
|
| Valorant | 45−50
−17.8%
|
50−55
+17.8%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 14−16
−21.4%
|
17
+21.4%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 6−7
−33.3%
|
8−9
+33.3%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 20−22
−45%
|
27−30
+45%
|
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 2−3 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 24−27
−28%
|
30−35
+28%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−56%
|
35−40
+56%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
−40%
|
7−8
+40%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−28.6%
|
9−10
+28.6%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5
−50%
|
6−7
+50%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 5−6
−40%
|
7−8
+40%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Valorant | 12−14
−46.2%
|
18−20
+46.2%
|
4K
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 1−2 |
| Dota 2 | 8−9
−50%
|
12−14
+50%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−200%
|
3−4
+200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−150%
|
5−6
+150%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
1440p
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and Radeon 540X compete in popular games:
- Radeon 540X is 29% faster in 900p
- ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 105% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Counter-Strike 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 60% faster.
- in Fortnite, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 540X is 343% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- ATI Mobility HD 5870 performs better in 1 test (2%)
- Radeon 540X performs better in 53 tests (95%)
- there's a draw in 2 tests (4%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.74 | 3.81 |
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 5 September 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 14 nm |
Radeon 540X has a 39.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon 540X is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.
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