GeForce 940A vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

In this comparison between GeForce 940A 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 GeForce 940A 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

  GeForce 940A Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 263% more power consumption, than GeForce 940A.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 940A.
  • GeForce 940A is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 940A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 940A is 329 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce 940A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 940A is 1002 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 16−18
ultra / 1080p 2−3 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
low / 720p 14−16 30−35
medium / 1080p 5−6 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 216% more, than GeForce 940A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940A Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name GM108 Broadway-XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 7 January 2010
Pipelines 384 1600
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 700 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Laptop size large
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