GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 mobile 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 GTX 1050 mobile or Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 60% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050 mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 654 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 6008 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 16−18
ultra / 1080p 14−16 9−10
QHD / 1440p 8−9 4−5
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 40−45 30−35
medium / 1080p 27−30 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 43% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Pascal Terascale 2
Code name GP107B Broadway-XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 3 January 2017 7 January 2010
Pipelines 640 1600
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 700 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 59.72
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Multi monitor support +
HDCP 2.2
Laptop size large large
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
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