GeForce GTX 570 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 570 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 570 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.

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 570 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • GeForce GTX 570 has 82% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 570 has 1278 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 570 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 570 is build with Fermi architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 570 is 764 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 570 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 570 is 900 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 16−18
ultra / 1080p 12−14 9−10
QHD / 1440p 6−7 4−5
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 30−35
medium / 1080p 24−27 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 570 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 25% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 570 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF110 Broadway-XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 7 December 2010 7 January 2010
Pipelines 480 1600
Core clock speed 1464 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 43.9 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 1,405.4 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 320 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1900 MHz (3800 data rate) 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 152.0 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 480
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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