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    GeForce GTX 960 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 960 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 960 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.
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    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:

    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 960 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 120 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pins
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x1 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
    Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
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    • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 120 Watt.
    • GeForce GTX 960 has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • GeForce GTX 960 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 960 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 960 is 427 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • GeForce GTX 960 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 993 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960.

    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 960 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 960 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
    Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
    Code name GM206 Broadway-XT
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 22 January 2015 7 January 2010
    Pipelines 1024 1600
    Core clock speed 1127 MHz 700 MHz
    Boost Clock 1178 MHz
    Transistor count 2,940 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 72 billion/sec
    Floating-point performance 2,413 gflops
    Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s 1000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 6.4
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.27 kh/s
    CUDA cores 1024
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support 4 displays
    HDCP +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 318 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.92 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 8 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 141.47 Sol/s
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
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