Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon R7 260X
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X, 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 R7 260X, 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 R7 260X
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
115 Watt
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2x1 GB
4 GB
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 4% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 260X.
Radeon R7 260X has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 260X - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R7 260X - with GCN 2.0.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 260X - by 28 nm process technology.
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
16−18
ultra / 1080p
9−10
9−10
QHD / 1440p
4−5
4−5
low / 720p
30−35
30−35
medium / 1080p
18−20
20−22
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
high / 1080p
24−27
24−27
ultra / 1080p
21−24
21−24
QHD / 1440p
8−9
8−9
4K / 2160p
6−7
6−7
low / 720p
50−55
50−55
medium / 1080p
27−30
27−30
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Battlefield 5.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
210−220
210−220
medium / 768p
180−190
180−190
ultra / 1080p
100−110
100−110
QHD / 1440p
50−55
55−60
4K / 2160p
30−35
30−35
high / 768p
140−150
140−150
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 260X in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 0% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
40−45
40−45
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p
110−120
110−120
medium / 768p
95−100
95−100
ultra / 1080p
65−70
65−70
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Dota 2.
high / 1080p
18−20
18−20
ultra / 1080p
16−18
16−18
QHD / 1440p
16−18
16−18
4K / 2160p
6−7
6−7
low / 720p
40−45
40−45
medium / 1080p
20−22
20−22
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Far Cry 5.
high / 1080p
24−27
24−27
ultra / 1080p
20−22
20−22
QHD / 1440p
16−18
16−18
low / 720p
100−110
100−110
medium / 1080p
55−60
55−60
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Fortnite.
high / 1080p
27−30
27−30
ultra / 1080p
21−24
21−24
QHD / 1440p
9−10
10−11
4K / 2160p
9−10
10−11
low / 720p
55−60
55−60
medium / 1080p
30−33
30−33
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Forza Horizon 4.
low / 768p
85−90
85−90
medium / 768p
75−80
75−80
high / 1080p
30−35
30−35
ultra / 1080p
12−14
12−14
QHD / 1440p
3−4
3−4
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Grand Theft Auto V.
high / 1080p
10−11
10−11
ultra / 1080p
8−9
8−9
4K / 2160p
3−4
3−4
low / 720p
30−35
30−35
medium / 1080p
12−14
12−14
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Metro Exodus.
low / 768p
110−120
110−120
medium / 1080p
100−110
100−110
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Minecraft.
high / 1080p
21−24
21−24
ultra / 1080p
18−20
18−20
low / 720p
55−60
55−60
medium / 1080p
24−27
24−27
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS.
high / 1080p
14−16
14−16
ultra / 1080p
10−11
10−11
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
30−33
30−33
medium / 1080p
16−18
16−18
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Red Dead Redemption 2.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
medium / 768p
35−40
35−40
high / 1080p
20−22
20−22
ultra / 1080p
10−12
10−12
4K / 2160p
8−9
8−9
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
low / 768p
100−110
100−110
medium / 768p
60−65
60−65
ultra / 1080p
35−40
35−40
high / 768p
55−60
55−60
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in World of Tanks.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Radeon R7 260X
Architecture
Terascale 2
GCN 2.0
Code name
Broadway-XT
Bonaire
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
7 January 2010
8 October 2013
Pipelines
1600
896
Core clock speed
700 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
Transistor count
2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
61.60
Floating-point performance
1,971 gflops
Length
170 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
104 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model
6.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.0
FreeSync
+
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
HDMI
+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
225 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
Eyefinity
+
Design
reference
DDMA audio
+
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
5.16 Mh/s
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