Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon HD 4890
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 4890, 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire stacks up against Radeon HD 4890, check out specs charts below.
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:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Radeon HD 4890
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
190 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2x1 GB
1 GB
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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Radeon HD 4890 has 58% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4890.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 4890 - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 4890 - with TeraScale.
Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 150 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4890 - by 55 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 2900 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
16−18
7−8
ultra / 1080p
9−10
4−5
QHD / 1440p
4−5
0−1
low / 720p
30−35
16−18
medium / 1080p
18−20
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 111% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
high / 1080p
24−27
12−14
ultra / 1080p
21−24
10−11
QHD / 1440p
8−9
0−1
4K / 2160p
6−7
−
low / 720p
50−55
24−27
medium / 1080p
27−30
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Battlefield 5 is 113% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
−
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 4890 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
210−220
140−150
medium / 768p
180−190
110−120
ultra / 1080p
100−110
55−60
QHD / 1440p
50−55
30−33
4K / 2160p
30−35
27−30
high / 768p
140−150
80−85
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 60% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
40−45
20−22
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Cyberpunk 2077 is 16% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
low / 768p
110−120
80−85
medium / 768p
95−100
60−65
ultra / 1080p
65−70
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Dota 2 is 55% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
high / 1080p
18−20
8−9
ultra / 1080p
16−18
8−9
QHD / 1440p
16−18
−
4K / 2160p
6−7
3−4
low / 720p
40−45
18−20
medium / 1080p
20−22
9−10
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Far Cry 5 is 133% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
high / 1080p
24−27
14−16
ultra / 1080p
20−22
10−11
QHD / 1440p
16−18
−
low / 720p
100−110
60−65
medium / 1080p
55−60
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Fortnite is 85% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
high / 1080p
27−30
12−14
ultra / 1080p
21−24
10−12
QHD / 1440p
9−10
1−2
4K / 2160p
9−10
−
low / 720p
55−60
27−30
medium / 1080p
30−33
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Forza Horizon 4 is 123% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
low / 768p
85−90
50−55
medium / 768p
75−80
45−50
high / 1080p
30−35
12−14
ultra / 1080p
12−14
6−7
QHD / 1440p
3−4
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Grand Theft Auto V is 79% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
high / 1080p
10−11
5−6
ultra / 1080p
8−9
3−4
4K / 2160p
3−4
0−1
low / 720p
30−35
12−14
medium / 1080p
12−14
6−7
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Metro Exodus is 128% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
low / 768p
110−120
95−100
high / 1080p
−
90−95
ultra / 1080p
−
80−85
medium / 1080p
100−110
90−95
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Minecraft is 15% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
high / 1080p
21−24
16−18
ultra / 1080p
18−20
14−16
low / 720p
55−60
30−35
medium / 1080p
24−27
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 55% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
high / 1080p
14−16
−
ultra / 1080p
10−11
7−8
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
30−33
12−14
medium / 1080p
16−18
10−12
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 90% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
low / 768p
55−60
24−27
medium / 768p
35−40
16−18
high / 1080p
20−22
9−10
ultra / 1080p
10−12
6−7
4K / 2160p
8−9
6−7
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 107% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
low / 768p
100−110
85−90
medium / 768p
60−65
45−50
ultra / 1080p
35−40
20−22
high / 768p
55−60
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in World of Tanks is 35% more, than Radeon HD 4890.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Radeon HD 4890
Architecture
Terascale 2
TeraScale
Code name
Broadway-XT
RV790
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
7 January 2010
2 April 2009
Pipelines
1600
800
Core clock speed
700 MHz
850 MHz
Transistor count
959 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
55 nm
Texture fill rate
34.00
Floating-point performance
1,360.0 gflops
Length
241 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
3900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
124.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model
4.1
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
Laptop size
large
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