GeForce GTX 460M SLI vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 460M SLI 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 460M SLI 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 460M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 460M 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 GTX 460M SLI or Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 460M SLI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x1536 MB 2x1 GB
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  • GeForce GTX 460M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 460M SLI is build with Fermi architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 25 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 460M SLI.
  • GeForce GTX 460M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 460M SLI is 250 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 16−18
ultra / 1080p 7−8 9−10
QHD / 1440p 2−3 4−5
low / 720p 27−30 30−35
medium / 1080p 16−18 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 23% more, than GeForce GTX 460M SLI.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 460M SLI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name N11E-GS Broadway-XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 3 September 2010 7 January 2010
Pipelines 384 1600
Core clock speed 675 MHz 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 1000 MHz
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
CUDA +
Laptop size large large
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