FirePro V7900 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

In this comparison between FirePro V7900 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 V7900 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 V7900 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro V7900 has 25% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • FirePro V7900 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro V7900 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 25 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • FirePro V7900 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 4000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 16−18
ultra / 1080p 6−7 9−10
QHD / 1440p 1−2 4−5
low / 720p 24−27 30−35
medium / 1080p 14−16 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 45% more, than FirePro V7900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture TeraScale 3 Terascale 2
Code name Cayman Broadway-XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 24 May 2011 7 January 2010
Pipelines 1280 1600
Core clock speed 725 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 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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