FirePro S9000 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

In this comparison between FirePro S9000 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 S9000 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.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  FirePro S9000 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S9000 has 191% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • FirePro S9000 has 4 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • FirePro S9000 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • FirePro S9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro S9000 is 200 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • FirePro S9000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S9000 is 4500 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 16−18
ultra / 1080p 21−24 9−10
QHD / 1440p 16−18 4−5
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 30−35
medium / 1080p 40−45 18−20
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Full Specs

  FirePro S9000 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 2
Code name Tahiti Broadway-XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 24 August 2012 7 January 2010
Pipelines 1792 1600
Core clock speed 900 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 92 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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