ATI Radeon 9500 vs ATI Mobility HD 5870
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 with Radeon 9500, including specs and performance data.
ATI Mobility HD 5870 outperforms ATI 9500 by a whopping 3200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 785 | 1456 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.10 | 0.52 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Rage 8 (2002−2007) |
| GPU code name | Broadway | R300 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (15 years ago) | 1 March 2003 (21 year 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 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,040 million | 110 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 12 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.00 | 1.100 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.12 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 40 | 4 |
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) | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| 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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 270 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 17.28 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0 (9_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
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 | 0−1 |
| Full HD | 38
+3700%
| 1−2
−3700%
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FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 4−5 | 0−1 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 8−9 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 8−9 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 27−30 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| World of Tanks | 50−55
+5200%
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1−2
−5200%
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Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 8−9 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 27−30 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 4−5 | 0−1 |
1440p
High Preset
| Dota 2 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| World of Tanks | 20−22 | 0−1 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 30−35 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 10−11 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Dota 2 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14−16 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 3−4 | 0−1 |
This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and ATI 9500 compete in popular games:
- ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 3700% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.97 | 0.09 |
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 1 March 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 12 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 5870 has a 3200% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.
ATI 9500, on the other hand, has 316.7% lower power consumption.
The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9500 in performance tests.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a notebook card while Radeon 9500 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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