FirePro V7900 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V7900 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro V7900 stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 5870, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a Laptop Graphics Card
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 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 here:
Main Specs
FirePro V7900
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP)
151 Watt
50 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1 GB
Display Connectors
4x DisplayPort
No outputs
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FirePro V7900 has 202% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
FirePro V7900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
FirePro V7900 has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
FirePro V7900 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - in Laptops.
FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - with Terascale 2.
Core clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 25 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
FirePro V7900 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 4000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
10−12
10−11
ultra / 1080p
6−7
6−7
QHD / 1440p
1−2
0−1
low / 720p
24−27
21−24
medium / 1080p
14−16
12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
18−20
16−18
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
QHD / 1440p
1−2
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
35−40
medium / 1080p
20−22
18−20
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Battlefield 5 is 4% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
FirePro V7900 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
180−190
170−180
medium / 768p
150−160
140−150
ultra / 1080p
75−80
70−75
QHD / 1440p
45−50
40−45
4K / 2160p
30−33
30−33
high / 768p
110−120
100−110
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 6% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
30−33
27−30
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 2% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
95−100
90−95
medium / 768p
80−85
75−80
ultra / 1080p
50−55
45−50
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Dota 2 is 6% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
12−14
12−14
ultra / 1080p
12−14
10−12
4K / 2160p
5−6
4−5
low / 720p
30−33
27−30
medium / 1080p
14−16
12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Far Cry 5 is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
20−22
18−20
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
low / 720p
80−85
75−80
medium / 1080p
35−40
35−40
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Fortnite is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
18−20
16−18
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
QHD / 1440p
5−6
4−5
low / 720p
40−45
35−40
medium / 1080p
21−24
20−22
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Forza Horizon 4 is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
70−75
65−70
medium / 768p
60−65
55−60
high / 1080p
21−24
18−20
ultra / 1080p
9−10
8−9
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Grand Theft Auto V is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
7−8
6−7
ultra / 1080p
5−6
5−6
4K / 2160p
1−2
1−2
low / 720p
21−24
18−20
medium / 1080p
9−10
9−10
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Metro Exodus is 12% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
100−110
100−110
ultra / 1080p
90−95
90−95
medium / 1080p
100−105
95−100
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Minecraft is 2% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
20−22
18−20
ultra / 1080p
16−18
14−16
low / 720p
45−50
40−45
medium / 1080p
21−24
20−22
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 12% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
12−14
12−14
ultra / 1080p
8−9
8−9
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
21−24
18−20
medium / 1080p
12−14
12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
40−45
35−40
medium / 768p
24−27
21−24
high / 1080p
14−16
12−14
ultra / 1080p
8−9
8−9
4K / 2160p
7−8
7−8
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 11% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
95−100
90−95
medium / 768p
55−60
50−55
ultra / 1080p
27−30
24−27
high / 768p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in World of Tanks is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Full Specs
FirePro V7900
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Architecture
TeraScale 3
Terascale 2
Code name
Cayman
Broadway-XT
Type
Workstation
Laptop
Release date
24 May 2011
7 January 2010
Pipelines
1280
800
Core clock speed
725 MHz
700 MHz
Transistor count
2,640 million
1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Texture fill rate
58.00
28.00
Floating-point performance
1,856.0 gflops
1,120.0 gflops
Length
279 mm
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
160 GB/s
64 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model
5.0
5.0
OpenGL
4.4
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Bus support
PCIe 2.1 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
171 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
Form factor
full height / full length
StereoOutput3D
+
DisplayPort count
4
Dual-link DVI support
+
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