GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

In this comparison between GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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 GTX 550 Ti 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 GTX 550 Ti Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 116 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 3% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 550 Ti is 200 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 996 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 16−18
ultra / 1080p 4−5 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
low / 720p 18−20 30−35
medium / 1080p 9−10 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 90% more, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 550 Ti Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF116 Broadway-XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 15 March 2011 7 January 2010
Pipelines 192 1600
Core clock speed 900 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 28.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops
Length 8.25" (21 cm)
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4.1 GB/s 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 98.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.2
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 192
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 44 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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