Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 stacks up against Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 R5 Bristol Ridge here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
12-45 Watt
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Mobility Radeon HD 5870 has 316% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
Both cards are used in Laptops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - by 28 nm process technology.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
10−11
3−4
ultra / 1080p
6−7
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
21−24
14−16
medium / 1080p
12−14
5−6
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 116% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
16−18
7−8
ultra / 1080p
14−16
5−6
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
18−20
medium / 1080p
18−20
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Battlefield 5 is 120% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
−
40−45
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
170−180
120−130
medium / 768p
140−150
95−100
ultra / 1080p
70−75
45−50
QHD / 1440p
40−45
24−27
4K / 2160p
30−33
−
high / 768p
100−110
70−75
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 47% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
55−60
70−75
ultra / 1080p
27−30
20−22
medium / 1080p
45−50
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Cyberpunk 2077 is 2% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
90−95
75−80
medium / 768p
75−80
55−60
ultra / 1080p
45−50
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Dota 2 is 33% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
12−14
4−5
ultra / 1080p
10−12
3−4
4K / 2160p
4−5
0−1
low / 720p
27−30
14−16
medium / 1080p
12−14
5−6
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Far Cry 5 is 128% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
18−20
12−14
ultra / 1080p
14−16
7−8
QHD / 1440p
−
4−5
low / 720p
75−80
55−60
medium / 1080p
35−40
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Fortnite is 60% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
16−18
6−7
ultra / 1080p
14−16
6−7
QHD / 1440p
4−5
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
21−24
medium / 1080p
20−22
9−10
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Forza Horizon 4 is 100% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
65−70
45−50
medium / 768p
55−60
−
high / 1080p
18−20
8−9
ultra / 1080p
8−9
3−4
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
−
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Grand Theft Auto V is 63% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
6−7
2−3
ultra / 1080p
5−6
0−1
4K / 2160p
1−2
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
7−8
medium / 1080p
9−10
3−4
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Metro Exodus is 175% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
100−110
85−90
high / 1080p
−
65−70
ultra / 1080p
90−95
−
medium / 1080p
95−100
−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Minecraft is 20% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
18−20
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
12−14
low / 720p
40−45
27−30
medium / 1080p
20−22
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 44% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
12−14
6−7
ultra / 1080p
8−9
4−5
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
7−8
medium / 1080p
12−14
−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 116% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
35−40
16−18
medium / 768p
21−24
12−14
high / 1080p
12−14
6−7
ultra / 1080p
8−9
4−5
4K / 2160p
7−8
1−2
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 112% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
90−95
70−75
medium / 768p
50−55
35−40
ultra / 1080p
24−27
16−18
high / 768p
45−50
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in World of Tanks is 38% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture
Terascale 2
GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name
Broadway-XT
Bristol Ridge
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
7 January 2010
1 June 2016
Pipelines
800
384
Core clock speed
700 MHz
Boost Clock
800 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
28.00
Floating-point performance
1,120.0 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
Shared memory
-
+
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model
5.0
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
Laptop size
large
medium sized
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