GeForce GTX 470 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

In this comparison between GeForce GTX 470 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 GeForce GTX 470 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

  GeForce GTX 470 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pins
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • GeForce GTX 470 has 79% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 470 has 1278 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 470 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 470 is build with Fermi architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 470 is 515 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 470 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 470 is 674 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 16−18
ultra / 1080p 10−11 9−10
QHD / 1440p 4−5 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 30−35
medium / 1080p 21−24 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 470 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 470 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF100 Broadway-XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 12 April 2010 7 January 2010
Pipelines 448 1600
Core clock speed 1215 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 34.0 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops
Length 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Memory bus width 320 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1674 MHz (3348 data rate) 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 133.9 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.2
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 448
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 97 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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