Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs ATI Mobility HD 5870

Place in the ranking	779	274
Place by popularity	not in top-100	62
Power efficiency	4.13	9.26
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Broadway	Polaris 20
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	15 October 2018 (6 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	2048
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1168 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1284 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	164.4
Floating-point processing power	1.12 TFLOPS	5.259 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	40	128

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 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
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	224.0 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 DVI, 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 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

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 −545%	200−210 +545%
Full HD	39 −567%	260−270 +567%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
−567%

40−45

+567%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −567%	60−65 +567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −500%	30−33 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −525%	100−105 +525%
Hitman 3	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −536%	140−150 +536%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −567%	80−85 +567%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −567%	260−270 +567%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −567%	60−65 +567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −500%	30−33 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −525%	100−105 +525%
Hitman 3	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −536%	140−150 +536%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −567%	80−85 +567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −543%	90−95 +543%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −567%	260−270 +567%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −567%	60−65 +567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −525%	100−105 +525%
Hitman 3	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −536%	140−150 +536%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −567%	80−85 +567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −543%	90−95 +543%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −567%	260−270 +567%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
−543%

45−50

+543%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −500%	30−33 +500%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Hitman 3	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −567%	120−130 +567%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
−567%

40−45

+567%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
−500%

24−27

+500%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and RX 580 2048SP compete in popular games:

RX 580 2048SP is 545% faster in 900p
RX 580 2048SP is 567% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.96	19.93
Recency	7 January 2010	15 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	150 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has 200% lower power consumption.

RX 580 2048SP, on the other hand, has a 573.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 580 2048SP 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 RX 580 2048SP is a desktop one.

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