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    GeForce GTX 680M SLI vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 680M 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 GTX 680M SLI stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, check out specs charts below.
    GeForce GTX 680M SLI Check Price
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    GeForce GTX 680M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 680M 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 680M SLI or Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:

    GeForce GTX 680M SLI Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 680M SLI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x 4 GB 2x1 GB
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    • GeForce GTX 680M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 680M SLI is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 680M SLI is 20 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • GeForce GTX 680M SLI is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 680M SLI is 2600 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 9−10
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 4−5
    4K / 2160p 10−11 −
    low / 720p 60−65 30−35
    medium / 1080p 40−45 18−20
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 680M SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 680M SLI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
    Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
    Code name N13E-GTX Broadway-XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 4 June 2012 7 January 2010
    Pipelines 2688 1600
    Core clock speed 720 MHz 700 MHz
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 1000 MHz
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    CUDA +
    SLI options +
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus +
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