Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon Pro 555X

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon Pro 555X 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 will be the best choice, for others Radeon Pro 555X will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon Pro 555X are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon Pro 555X 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 or Radeon Pro 555X here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Radeon Pro 555X
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon Pro 555X has 50% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro 555X uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 555X has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro 555X - in Mobile workstations.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon Pro 555X - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Pro 555X is 155 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 555X - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 555X is 4080 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 16−18
ultra / 1080p 6−7 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 21−24 30−35
medium / 1080p 12−14 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 555X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 53% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Radeon Pro 555X
Architecture Terascale 2 Polaris
Code name Broadway-XT Polaris 21
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 5 June 2017
Pipelines 800 768
Core clock speed 700 MHz 855 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 28.00 43.54
Floating-point performance 1,120.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 81.6 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Laptop size large large
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