GeForce GTX 765M SLI vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 765M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, 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 GeForce GTX 765M SLI stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 765M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 765M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce GTX 765M SLI or Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 765M SLI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 120 Watt
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x 2 GB 2x1 GB
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  • GeForce GTX 765M SLI has 8% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 765M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 765M SLI is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 765M SLI is 150 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 765M SLI is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 765M SLI is 3000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 16−18
ultra / 1080p 10−12 9−10
QHD / 1440p 5−6 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 30−35
medium / 1080p 24−27 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 765M SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 18% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 765M SLI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name Broadway-XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 30 May 2013 7 January 2010
Pipelines 1536 1600
Core clock speed 850 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 2x 2540 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Memory bus width 2x 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1000 MHz
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
CUDA +
SLI options +
Laptop size large large
Optimus +
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