GeForce 8800 GTX vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 8800 GTX and Mobility Radeon HD 5870. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 8800 GTX and Mobility Radeon HD 5870. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 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 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 8800 GTX Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • GeForce 8800 GTX has 210% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is connected by PCIe 1.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX has 767 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 124 MHz higher, than GeForce 8800 GTX.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is manufactured by 90 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 100 MHz higher, than GeForce 8800 GTX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 10−11
ultra / 1080p 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 21−24
medium / 1080p 0−1 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than GeForce 8800 GTX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 8800 GTX Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Architecture Tesla Terascale 2
Code name G80 Broadway-XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 8 November 2006 7 January 2010
Pipelines 128 800
Core clock speed 576 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 681 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 36.8 billion/sec 28.00
Floating-point performance 345.6 gflops 1,120.0 gflops
Length 270 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.0
OpenGL 3.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 575
SLI options +
Laptop size large
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