GeForce MX450 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce MX450 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 MX450 stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

GeForce MX450 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce MX450 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 MX450 or Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce MX450 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5,GDDR6 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 140% more power consumption, than GeForce MX450.
  • GeForce MX450 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce MX450 is build with Turing architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce MX450 is 695 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce MX450 is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce MX450 is 9002 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
low / 720p 35−40 30−35
medium / 1080p 21−24 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce MX450 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 12% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Full Specs

  GeForce MX450 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Turing Terascale 2
Code name N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1 Broadway-XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 1 August 2020 7 January 2010
Pipelines 896 1600
Core clock speed 1395 MHz 700 MHz
Boost Clock 1575 MHz
Transistor count 4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 10002 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64.03 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.5
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2
CUDA 7.5
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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