FirePro V5900 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

When choosing between FirePro V5900 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, it is worth examining the specifications of the models in detail. Do they meet the recommended requirements of modern games and software? Storage capacity, form factor, TDP, available ports, warranty and manufacturer support are all important. For example, the size of a PC case can limit the maximum thickness and length of the card. Often, instead of the factory overclocked card and RGB backlight, it is better to choose a reference model with a more efficient GPU. And make sure that your current power supply unit has the correct connection pins (using adapters is not recommended). This GPUs compare tool is meant to help you to choose the best graphics card for your build. Let's find out the difference between FirePro V5900 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

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

  FirePro V5900 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 60% more power consumption, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro V5900 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 100 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V5900 is 1000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 16−18
ultra / 1080p 2−3 9−10
QHD / 1440p 1−2 4−5
low / 720p 14−16 30−35
medium / 1080p 7−8 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 166% more, than FirePro V5900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture TeraScale 3 Terascale 2
Code name Cayman Broadway-XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 24 May 2011 7 January 2010
Pipelines 512 1600
Core clock speed 600 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops
Length 230 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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