GeForce GTX 275 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 275 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 275 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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

  GeForce GTX 275 Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 275 has 338% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce GTX 275 has 895 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 275 is 704 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 275 is 134 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 10−11
ultra / 1080p 4−5 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 21−24
medium / 1080p 8−9 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 44% more, than GeForce GTX 275.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 275 Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GT200B Broadway-XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 15 January 2009 7 January 2010
Pipelines 240 800
Core clock speed 1404 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 50.6 billion/sec 28.00
Floating-point performance 673.9 gflops 1,120.0 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 448 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1134 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 127.0 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.0
OpenGL 3.0 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 240
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Laptop size large
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