Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 Carrizo you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire will be the best choice, for others Radeon R7 Carrizo will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 Carrizo are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 Carrizo 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 R7 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 12-35 Watt
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x1 GB
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 900% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 2−3
ultra / 1080p 9−10 0−1
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 12−14
medium / 1080p 18−20 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 214% more, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Broadway-XT Carrizo
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 7 January 2010 4 June 2015
Pipelines 1600 512
Core clock speed 700 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Shared memory - +
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Laptop size large medium sized
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