GeForce GTX 950M vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

In this comparison between GeForce GTX 950M 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 950M 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.

GeForce GTX 950M and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 950M 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 950M or Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 950M Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3 or GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 60% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 950M.
  • GeForce GTX 950M has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 950M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 950M is 214 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 950M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 950M and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 1000 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 16−18
ultra / 1080p 8−9 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 950M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 950M Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name N16P-GT Broadway-XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2015 7 January 2010
Pipelines 640 1600
Core clock speed 914 MHz 700 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 44.96
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32 or 80 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 140 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized large
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 2.5 Mh/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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