FirePro W5000 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

In this comparison between FirePro W5000 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people FirePro W5000 will be the best choice, for others Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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 W5000 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 60% more power consumption, than FirePro W5000.
  • FirePro W5000 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro W5000 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W5000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W5000 is 125 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • FirePro W5000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5000 is 2200 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 16−18
ultra / 1080p 9−10 9−10
QHD / 1440p 4−5 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 30−35
medium / 1080p 18−20 18−20
FirePro W5000 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5000 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 2
Code name Pitcairn Broadway-XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 7 August 2012 7 January 2010
Pipelines 768 1600
Core clock speed 825 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops
Length 183 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 154 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / half length
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support +
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