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    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon R9 M485X

    When choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R9 M485X, it is worth examining the specifications of the models in detail. Do they meet the recommended requirements of modern games and software? Storage capacity, form factor, TDP, available ports, warranty and manufacturer support are all important. For example, the size of a PC case can limit the maximum thickness and length of the card. Often, instead of the factory overclocked card and RGB backlight, it is better to choose a reference model with a more efficient GPU. And make sure that your current power supply unit has the correct connection pins (using adapters is not recommended). This GPUs compare tool is meant to help you to choose the best graphics card for your build. Let's find out the difference between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R9 M485X.
    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Check Price
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    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R9 M485X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R9 M485X 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 R9 M485X here:

    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Laptops
    Radeon R9 M485X Laptops

    Main Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Radeon R9 M485X
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 250 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x1 GB 8 GB MB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M485X has 108% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • Radeon R9 M485X has 6 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 M485X - with GCN 3.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M485X is 23 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M485X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M485X is 4000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 24−27
    ultra / 1080p 9−10 14−16
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 10−11
    4K / 2160p − 6−7
    low / 720p 30−35 45−50
    medium / 1080p 18−20 30−35
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M485X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 62% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

    Full Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Radeon R9 M485X
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 3
    Code name Broadway-XT Amethyst
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 7 January 2010 14 May 2016
    Pipelines 1600 2048
    Core clock speed 700 MHz 723 MHz
    Transistor count 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 92.54
    Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 5000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.3
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Laptop size large large
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