FirePro M7740 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

In this comparison between FirePro M7740 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people FirePro M7740 will be the best choice, for others Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

FirePro M7740 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro M7740 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with FirePro M7740 or Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M7740 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 100% more power consumption, than FirePro M7740.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro M7740.
  • FirePro M7740 is used in Mobile workstations, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • FirePro M7740 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 50 MHz higher, than FirePro M7740.
  • FirePro M7740 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro M7740 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 1000 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 16−18
ultra / 1080p 4−5 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
low / 720p 16−18 30−35
medium / 1080p 8−9 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 111% more, than FirePro M7740.

Full Specs

  FirePro M7740 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Terascale 1 Terascale 2
Code name RV740 Broadway-XT
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 4 August 2009 7 January 2010
Pipelines 640 1600
Core clock speed 650 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 826 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 20.80
Floating-point performance 832.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.14 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 4.1
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
Laptop size large large
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