Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon HD 6990M
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6990M, 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 6990M, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6990M are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6990M 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire or Radeon HD 6990M here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Radeon HD 6990M
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
100 Watt
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
None
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2x1 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 20% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6990M.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6990M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
Both cards are used in Laptops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6990M are build with Terascale 2 architecture.
Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6990M is 15 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6990M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M.
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
14−16
ultra / 1080p
9−10
8−9
QHD / 1440p
4−5
3−4
low / 720p
30−35
30−33
medium / 1080p
18−20
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
high / 1080p
24−27
21−24
ultra / 1080p
21−24
18−20
QHD / 1440p
8−9
6−7
4K / 2160p
6−7
5−6
low / 720p
50−55
45−50
medium / 1080p
27−30
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Battlefield 5 is 14% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6990M have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
210−220
200−210
medium / 768p
180−190
170−180
ultra / 1080p
100−110
90−95
QHD / 1440p
50−55
50−55
4K / 2160p
30−35
30−33
high / 768p
140−150
130−140
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 6% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
40−45
35−40
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Cyberpunk 2077 is 4% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
low / 768p
110−120
100−110
medium / 768p
95−100
90−95
ultra / 1080p
65−70
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Dota 2 is 8% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
high / 1080p
18−20
16−18
ultra / 1080p
16−18
14−16
QHD / 1440p
16−18
−
4K / 2160p
6−7
6−7
low / 720p
40−45
35−40
medium / 1080p
20−22
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Far Cry 5 is 10% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
high / 1080p
24−27
24−27
ultra / 1080p
20−22
18−20
QHD / 1440p
16−18
16−18
low / 720p
100−110
95−100
medium / 1080p
55−60
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Fortnite is 7% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
high / 1080p
27−30
24−27
ultra / 1080p
21−24
18−20
QHD / 1440p
9−10
8−9
4K / 2160p
9−10
−
low / 720p
55−60
50−55
medium / 1080p
30−33
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Forza Horizon 4 is 11% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
low / 768p
85−90
80−85
medium / 768p
75−80
70−75
high / 1080p
30−35
27−30
ultra / 1080p
12−14
10−12
QHD / 1440p
3−4
2−3
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Grand Theft Auto V is 7% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
high / 1080p
10−11
9−10
ultra / 1080p
8−9
7−8
4K / 2160p
3−4
2−3
low / 720p
30−35
27−30
medium / 1080p
12−14
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Metro Exodus is 8% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
low / 768p
110−120
110−120
ultra / 1080p
−
100−110
medium / 1080p
100−110
100−110
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6990M have the same average FPS in Minecraft.
high / 1080p
21−24
21−24
ultra / 1080p
18−20
16−18
low / 720p
55−60
55−60
medium / 1080p
24−27
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 3% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
high / 1080p
14−16
14−16
ultra / 1080p
10−11
9−10
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
30−33
27−30
medium / 1080p
16−18
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 5% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
low / 768p
55−60
50−55
medium / 768p
35−40
30−35
high / 1080p
20−22
18−20
ultra / 1080p
10−12
10−11
4K / 2160p
8−9
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 12% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
low / 768p
100−110
100−105
medium / 768p
60−65
60−65
ultra / 1080p
35−40
30−35
high / 768p
55−60
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in World of Tanks is 4% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Radeon HD 6990M
Architecture
Terascale 2
Terascale 2
Code name
Broadway-XT
Blackcomb XTX
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
7 January 2010
12 July 2011
Pipelines
1600
1120
Core clock speed
700 MHz
715 MHz
Transistor count
1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Texture fill rate
40.04
Floating-point performance
1,601.6 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
115.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model
5.0
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
Laptop size
large
large
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