GeForce GT 745A vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

When choosing between GeForce GT 745A and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, it is worth examining the specifications of the models in detail. Do they meet the recommended requirements of modern games and software? Storage capacity, form factor, TDP, available ports, warranty and manufacturer support are all important. For example, the size of a PC case can limit the maximum thickness and length of the card. Often, instead of the factory overclocked card and RGB backlight, it is better to choose a reference model with a more efficient GPU. And make sure that your current power supply unit has the correct connection pins (using adapters is not recommended). This GPUs compare tool is meant to help you to choose the best graphics card for your build. Let's find out the difference between GeForce GT 745A and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

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

  GeForce GT 745A Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 263% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 745A.
  • GeForce GT 745A and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce GT 745A is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GT 745A is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GT 745A is 137 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GT 745A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 745A is 800 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 16−18
ultra / 1080p 0−1 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
low / 720p 12−14 30−35
medium / 1080p 4−5 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than GeForce GT 745A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 745A Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK107 Broadway-XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 26 August 2013 7 January 2010
Pipelines 384 1600
Core clock speed 837 MHz 700 MHz
Boost Clock 915 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 29.28
Floating-point performance 642.8 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 26 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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