Radeon PRO W7900 vs ATI Mobility HD 5870

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 with Radeon PRO W7900, including specs and performance data.

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

PRO W7900 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 by a whopping 2471% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking78112
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data16.67
Power efficiency4.1318.00
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameBroadwayNavi 31
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,999

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 cores8006144
Core clock speed700 MHz1855 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2495 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt295 Watt
Texture fill rate28.00958.1
Floating-point processing power1.12 TFLOPS61.32 TFLOPS
ROPs16192
TMUs40384
Ray Tracing Coresno data96

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)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data280 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB48 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s864.0 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 outputs3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.2
VulkanN/A1.3

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
−2319%
750−800
+2319%
Full HD39
−2464%
1000−1050
+2464%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.00

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−2400%
150−160
+2400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−2456%
230−240
+2456%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−2300%
120−130
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−2329%
170−180
+2329%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−2400%
150−160
+2400%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−2400%
150−160
+2400%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−2400%
200−210
+2400%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−2400%
400−450
+2400%
Hitman 3 8−9
−2400%
200−210
+2400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−2400%
550−600
+2400%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−2400%
75−80
+2400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−2329%
170−180
+2329%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−2400%
300−310
+2400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−2464%
1000−1050
+2464%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−2456%
230−240
+2456%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−2300%
120−130
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−2329%
170−180
+2329%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−2400%
150−160
+2400%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−2400%
150−160
+2400%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−2400%
200−210
+2400%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−2400%
400−450
+2400%
Hitman 3 8−9
−2400%
200−210
+2400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−2400%
550−600
+2400%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−2400%
75−80
+2400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−2329%
170−180
+2329%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−2400%
300−310
+2400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−2400%
350−400
+2400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−2464%
1000−1050
+2464%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−2456%
230−240
+2456%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−2329%
170−180
+2329%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−2400%
150−160
+2400%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−2400%
150−160
+2400%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−2400%
400−450
+2400%
Hitman 3 8−9
−2400%
200−210
+2400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−2400%
550−600
+2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−2400%
300−310
+2400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−2400%
350−400
+2400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−2464%
1000−1050
+2464%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−2329%
170−180
+2329%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−2300%
120−130
+2300%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−2400%
100−105
+2400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−2400%
75−80
+2400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−2400%
50−55
+2400%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2400%
75−80
+2400%
Hitman 3 8−9
−2400%
200−210
+2400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−2329%
170−180
+2329%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−2400%
50−55
+2400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−2400%
450−500
+2400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−2400%
150−160
+2400%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−2400%
50−55
+2400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−2400%
50−55
+2400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2400%
100−105
+2400%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and PRO W7900 compete in popular games:

  • PRO W7900 is 2319% faster in 900p
  • PRO W7900 is 2464% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.96 76.09
Recency 7 January 2010 13 April 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 295 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has 490% lower power consumption.

PRO W7900, on the other hand, has a 2470.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon PRO W7900 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 Radeon PRO W7900 is a workstation one.


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