Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon RX 460

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon RX 460 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 RX 460 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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 RX 460
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 60% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 460.
  • Radeon RX 460 has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 460 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon RX 460 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 460 is 390 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 460 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 460 is 6000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 21−24
ultra / 1080p 9−10 12−14
QHD / 1440p 4−5 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 30−35 40−45
medium / 1080p 18−20 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 460 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 37% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Radeon RX 460
Architecture Terascale 2 Polaris
Code name Broadway-XT Polaris 11 / Baffin XT
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 January 2010 8 August 2016
Pipelines 1600 896
Core clock speed 700 MHz 1090 MHz
Boost Clock 1200 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 67.20
Floating-point performance 2,150 gflops
Length 170 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 240 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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