Radeon Graphics vs ATI Mobility HD 5870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 with Radeon Graphics, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5870
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
2.96
+49.5%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 outperforms Graphics by a considerable 49% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking781897
Place by popularitynot in top-10010
Power efficiency4.139.20
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameBroadwayRenoir
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores800448
Core clock speed700 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate28.0042.00
Floating-point processing power1.12 TFLOPS1.344 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4028

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)IGP
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth64 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.2no data
VulkanN/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:

900p31
+72.2%
18−21
−72.2%
Full HD39
+62.5%
24−27
−62.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+60%
10−11
−60%
Hitman 3 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+62.5%
24−27
−62.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+60%
10−11
−60%
Hitman 3 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+62.5%
24−27
−62.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+60%
10−11
−60%
Hitman 3 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+62.5%
24−27
−62.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

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

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 72% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 63% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.96 1.98
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 15 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has a 49.5% higher aggregate performance score.

Graphics, on the other hand, has a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

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

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a notebook card while Radeon Graphics is a desktop one.


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