GeForce GTX 580M SLI vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 580M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870, 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 GeForce GTX 580M SLI stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 5870, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 580M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 580M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 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 GeForce GTX 580M SLI or Mobility Radeon HD 5870 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 580M SLI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 50 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 580M SLI has 100% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 580M SLI is build with Fermi architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 80 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 580M SLI.
  • GeForce GTX 580M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 580M SLI is 500 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 24−27 10−11
ultra / 1080p 14−16 6−7
QHD / 1440p 10−11 0−1
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 45−50 21−24
medium / 1080p 30−35 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 130% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 580M SLI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name N12E-GTX2 Broadway-XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 6 January 2011 7 January 2010
Pipelines 768 800
Core clock speed 620 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 28.00
Floating-point performance 1,120.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Laptop size large large
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