HD Graphics 530 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between HD Graphics 530 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 HD Graphics 530 stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

HD Graphics 530 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: HD Graphics 530 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 HD Graphics 530 or Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  HD Graphics 530 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x1
Memory type DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 700% more power consumption, than HD Graphics 530.
  • HD Graphics 530 has 62 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • HD Graphics 530 is build with Gen. 9 Skylake architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 350 MHz higher, than HD Graphics 530.
  • HD Graphics 530 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.

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 HD Graphics 530.

Full Specs

  HD Graphics 530 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Gen. 9 Skylake Terascale 2
Code name Skylake GT2 Broadway-XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 5 August 2015 7 January 2010
Pipelines 24 1600
Core clock speed 350 MHz 700 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz
Transistor count 189 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 27.60
Floating-point performance 403.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Shared memory + -
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.1
Vulkan 1.1.97
Laptop size large
Quick Sync +
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