ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs R7 M445

Place in the ranking	831	774
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.97	4.23
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Meso	Broadway
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 May 2016 (8 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 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	320	800
Core clock speed	780 MHz	700 MHz
Boost clock speed	920 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,550 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15-25 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	18.40	28.00
Floating-point processing power	0.5888 TFLOPS	1.12 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	20	40

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	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)

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	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	64 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.0	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R7 M445 2.44

ATI Mobility HD 5870 2.96
+21.3%

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.

R7 M445 6872

ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999
+16.4%

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	24−27 −29.2%	31 +29.2%
Full HD	13 −185%	37 +185%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−20%

6−7
+20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −45.5%	16−18 +45.5%
Hitman 3	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −10%	21−24 +10%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −5.4%	35−40 +5.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −45.5%	16−18 +45.5%
Hitman 3	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −10%	21−24 +10%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −7.7%	14−16 +7.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −5.4%	35−40 +5.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −45.5%	16−18 +45.5%
Hitman 3	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −10%	21−24 +10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5 −180%	14−16 +180%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −5.4%	35−40 +5.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−16.7%

7−8
+16.7%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−20%

6−7
+20%

4K
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−33.3%

4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4

0−1

This is how R7 M445 and ATI Mobility HD 5870 compete in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 29% faster in 900p
ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 185% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5870 is ahead in 47 tests (80%)
there's a draw in 12 tests (20%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.44	2.96
Recency	15 May 2016	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt

R7 M445 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

ATI Mobility HD 5870, on the other hand, has a 21.3% higher aggregate performance score.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M445 in performance tests.

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