Mobility Radeon HD 5830 vs Radeon R9 270X
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5830 and Radeon R9 270X, 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5830 stacks up against Radeon R9 270X, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is a Laptop Graphics Card
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5830 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 5830 here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5830
Radeon R9 270X
Power consumption (TDP)
24 Watt
180 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2 x 6-pin
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Radeon R9 270X has 650% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 270X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Radeon R9 270X has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 270X - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 270X - with GCN.
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 270X - by 28 nm process technology.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
4−5
24−27
ultra / 1080p
2−3
14−16
QHD / 1440p
0−1
10−11
4K / 2160p
−
6−7
low / 720p
16−18
45−50
medium / 1080p
6−7
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 328% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
9−10
40−45
ultra / 1080p
8−9
30−35
QHD / 1440p
0−1
18−20
4K / 2160p
−
10−12
low / 720p
21−24
80−85
medium / 1080p
10−11
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Battlefield 5 is 325% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
50−55
50−55
high / 1080p
40−45
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 and Radeon R9 270X have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
140−150
240−250
medium / 768p
110−120
210−220
ultra / 1080p
50−55
140−150
QHD / 1440p
24−27
110−120
4K / 2160p
18−20
60−65
high / 768p
80−85
180−190
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 120% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
65−70
60−65
ultra / 1080p
24−27
−
medium / 1080p
45−50
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Cyberpunk 2077 is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
85−90
120−130
medium / 768p
55−60
110−120
ultra / 1080p
30−33
90−95
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Dota 2 is 89% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
5−6
30−35
ultra / 1080p
5−6
27−30
QHD / 1440p
−
21−24
4K / 2160p
2−3
10−11
low / 720p
16−18
60−65
medium / 1080p
6−7
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Far Cry 5 is 371% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
12−14
40−45
ultra / 1080p
8−9
30−35
QHD / 1440p
5−6
18−20
low / 720p
60−65
140−150
medium / 1080p
18−20
85−90
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Fortnite is 209% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
9−10
40−45
ultra / 1080p
8−9
30−35
QHD / 1440p
5−6
18−20
4K / 2160p
3−4
16−18
low / 720p
24−27
80−85
medium / 1080p
12−14
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Forza Horizon 4 is 300% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
50−55
110−120
medium / 768p
−
100−110
high / 1080p
9−10
50−55
ultra / 1080p
4−5
21−24
QHD / 1440p
0−1
10−12
medium / 720p
45−50
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Grand Theft Auto V is 186% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
3−4
16−18
ultra / 1080p
1−2
12−14
QHD / 1440p
−
12−14
4K / 2160p
0−1
4−5
low / 720p
9−10
45−50
medium / 1080p
5−6
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Metro Exodus is 400% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
95−100
120−130
high / 1080p
90−95
−
ultra / 1080p
75−80
−
medium / 1080p
90−95
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Minecraft is 26% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
16−18
−
ultra / 1080p
12−14
14−16
low / 720p
30−35
80−85
medium / 1080p
16−18
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 90% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
high / 1080p
−
18−20
ultra / 1080p
7−8
12−14
QHD / 1440p
−
4−5
4K / 2160p
−
3−4
low / 720p
10−11
45−50
medium / 1080p
9−10
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 211% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
18−20
90−95
medium / 768p
12−14
55−60
high / 1080p
7−8
30−35
ultra / 1080p
5−6
18−20
4K / 2160p
2−3
10−11
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 366% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
low / 768p
80−85
90−95
medium / 768p
40−45
60−65
ultra / 1080p
18−20
45−50
high / 768p
35−40
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270X in World of Tanks is 44% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5830
Radeon R9 270X
Architecture
Terascale 2
GCN
Code name
Broadway
Curacao XT
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
7 January 2010
8 October 2013
Pipelines
800
1280
Core clock speed
500 MHz
Boost Clock
1050 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
20.00
84.00
Floating-point performance
800.0 gflops
2,688 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
179.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model
5.0
5.1
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
+
FreeSync
+
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
HDMI
+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
318 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
Eyefinity
+
HD3D
+
TrueAudio
+
Design
reference
DisplayPort support
+
CrossFire
+
DDMA audio
+
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
30 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)
163 Sol/s
AppAcceleration
+
LiquidVR
+
TressFX
+
UVD
+
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