GeForce GTX 770M vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 770M 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 770M stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 770M and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 770M 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 770M or Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 770M Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 60% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 770M.
  • GeForce GTX 770M has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 770M is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 770M is 111 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 770M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 770M is 1000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 16−18
ultra / 1080p 8−9 9−10
QHD / 1440p 3−4 4−5
low / 720p 30−33 30−35
medium / 1080p 16−18 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than GeForce GTX 770M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 770M Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name N14E-GS Broadway-XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 30 May 2013 7 January 2010
Pipelines 960 1600
Core clock speed 811 MHz 700 MHz
Boost Clock 797 MHz
Transistor count 2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 63.76
Floating-point performance 1,530 gflops
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 API DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
CUDA cores 960
Bus support PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 55 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Standard memory configuration GDDR5
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection +
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI +
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Blu-Ray 3D Support +
3D Vision / 3DTV Play +
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