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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book or Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2x1 GB
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    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 254 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 4012 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 9−10
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
    low / 720p 20−22 30−35
    medium / 1080p 10−12 18−20
    The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 72% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

    Full Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
    Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
    Code name Surface Book Broadway-XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 October 2015 7 January 2010
    Pipelines 384 1600
    Core clock speed 954 MHz 700 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1000 MHz
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    CUDA +
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
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