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    GeForce 9800M GTS SLI vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800M GTS SLI 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 GeForce 9800M GTS SLI stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, check out specs charts below.
    GeForce 9800M GTS SLI Check Price
    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Check Price

    GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce 9800M GTS SLI 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 GeForce 9800M GTS SLI or Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:

    GeForce 9800M GTS SLI Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce 9800M GTS SLI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 120 Watt
    Memory type GDDR3 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2x1 GB
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    • GeForce 9800M GTS SLI has 25% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • GeForce 9800M GTS SLI has 510 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is build with G9x architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 100 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800M GTS SLI.
    • GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is manufactured by 55/65 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 200 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800M GTS SLI.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 5−6 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 3−4 9−10
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 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 171% more, than GeForce 9800M GTS SLI.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 9800M GTS SLI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
    Architecture G9x Terascale 2
    Code name NB9E-GT Broadway-XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 15 July 2008 7 January 2010
    Pipelines 128 1600
    Core clock speed 600 MHz 700 MHz
    Transistor count 1508 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 55/65 nm 40 nm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1000 MHz
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 10, Shader 4.0 DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    CUDA +
    SLI options +
    Laptop size large large
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