Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon R9 290X
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon R9 290X, 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 R9 290X, check out specs charts below.
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
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon R9 290X
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
250 Watt
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
4 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Radeon R9 290X has 400% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 290X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Radeon R9 290X has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 290X - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 290X - with GCN.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 290X - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 290X is 250 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
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
35−40
ultra / 1080p
6−7
24−27
QHD / 1440p
0−1
18−20
4K / 2160p
−
10−11
low / 720p
21−24
60−65
medium / 1080p
12−14
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 230% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
16−18
60−65
ultra / 1080p
14−16
50−55
QHD / 1440p
0−1
35−40
4K / 2160p
−
18−20
low / 720p
35−40
110−120
medium / 1080p
18−20
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Battlefield 5 is 236% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
170−180
250−260
medium / 768p
140−150
220−230
ultra / 1080p
70−75
190−200
QHD / 1440p
40−45
110−120
4K / 2160p
30−33
70−75
high / 768p
100−110
210−220
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 88% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
55−60
60−65
ultra / 1080p
27−30
−
medium / 1080p
45−50
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
90−95
120−130
medium / 768p
75−80
110−120
ultra / 1080p
45−50
100−110
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Dota 2 is 59% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
12−14
45−50
ultra / 1080p
10−12
45−50
QHD / 1440p
−
30−35
4K / 2160p
4−5
16−18
low / 720p
27−30
85−90
medium / 1080p
12−14
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Far Cry 5 is 257% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
18−20
65−70
ultra / 1080p
14−16
50−55
QHD / 1440p
−
30−35
4K / 2160p
−
27−30
low / 720p
75−80
180−190
medium / 1080p
35−40
120−130
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Fortnite is 189% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
16−18
65−70
ultra / 1080p
14−16
45−50
QHD / 1440p
4−5
35−40
4K / 2160p
−
24−27
low / 720p
35−40
110−120
medium / 1080p
20−22
70−75
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Forza Horizon 4 is 257% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
65−70
140−150
medium / 768p
55−60
130−140
high / 1080p
18−20
75−80
ultra / 1080p
8−9
30−35
QHD / 1440p
0−1
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Grand Theft Auto V is 155% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
6−7
27−30
ultra / 1080p
5−6
21−24
QHD / 1440p
−
18−20
4K / 2160p
1−2
9−10
low / 720p
18−20
70−75
medium / 1080p
9−10
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Metro Exodus is 325% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
100−110
130−140
ultra / 1080p
90−95
−
medium / 1080p
95−100
120−130
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Minecraft is 28% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
18−20
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
low / 720p
40−45
100−110
medium / 1080p
20−22
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 76% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
12−14
27−30
ultra / 1080p
8−9
18−20
QHD / 1440p
0−1
12−14
4K / 2160p
−
8−9
low / 720p
18−20
70−75
medium / 1080p
12−14
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 200% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
35−40
140−150
medium / 768p
21−24
90−95
high / 1080p
12−14
50−55
ultra / 1080p
8−9
27−30
4K / 2160p
7−8
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 294% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
90−95
90−95
medium / 768p
50−55
60−65
ultra / 1080p
24−27
55−60
high / 768p
45−50
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in World of Tanks is 25% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon R9 290X
Architecture
Terascale 2
GCN
Code name
Broadway-XT
Hawaii XT
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
7 January 2010
24 October 2013
Pipelines
800
2816
Core clock speed
700 MHz
Boost Clock
947 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
28.00
176.0
Floating-point performance
1,120.0 gflops
5,632 gflops
Length
275 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
512 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
320 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model
5.0
6.3
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
Vulkan
N/A
+
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight)
0.76 kh/s
FreeSync
+
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
HDMI
+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
623 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
Eyefinity
+
HD3D
+
TrueAudio
+
Design
reference
DisplayPort support
+
CrossFire
+
DDMA audio
+
Decred / DCR (Decred)
1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
25.75 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)
350 Sol/s
AppAcceleration
+
LiquidVR
+
TressFX
+
UVD
+
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