Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon R9 M270X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon R9 M270X, 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 M270X, check out specs charts below.

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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:

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Laptops

Main Specs

	Mobility Radeon HD 5870	Radeon R9 M270X
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
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Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 M270X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Radeon R9 M270X has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 M270X - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 M270X - with GCN 1.0.
Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M270X is 25 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M270X - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M270X is 125 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	10−11	6−7
ultra / 1080p	6−7	4−5
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
low / 720p	21−24	16−18
medium / 1080p	12−14	8−9
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 44% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
high / 1080p	16−18	10−12
ultra / 1080p	14−16	10−11
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
low / 720p	35−40	24−27
medium / 1080p	18−20	12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Battlefield 5 is 46% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
low / 768p	45−50	45−50
high / 1080p	−	45−50
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon R9 M270X have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p	170−180	130−140
medium / 768p	140−150	100−110
ultra / 1080p	70−75	50−55
QHD / 1440p	40−45	27−30
4K / 2160p	30−33	27−30
high / 768p	100−110	75−80
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 33% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
low / 768p	55−60	55−60
ultra / 1080p	27−30	18−20
medium / 1080p	45−50	45−50
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 7% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
low / 768p	90−95	75−80
medium / 768p	75−80	55−60
ultra / 1080p	45−50	30−35
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Dota 2 is 30% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
high / 1080p	12−14	8−9
ultra / 1080p	10−12	7−8
4K / 2160p	4−5	3−4
low / 720p	27−30	18−20
medium / 1080p	12−14	8−9
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Far Cry 5 is 55% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
high / 1080p	18−20	14−16
ultra / 1080p	14−16	10−11
low / 720p	75−80	60−65
medium / 1080p	35−40	21−24
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Fortnite is 37% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
high / 1080p	16−18	12−14
ultra / 1080p	14−16	10−12
QHD / 1440p	4−5	1−2
low / 720p	35−40	24−27
medium / 1080p	20−22	12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Forza Horizon 4 is 58% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
low / 768p	65−70	50−55
medium / 768p	55−60	45−50
high / 1080p	18−20	12−14
ultra / 1080p	8−9	6−7
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Grand Theft Auto V is 31% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
high / 1080p	6−7	4−5
ultra / 1080p	5−6	3−4
4K / 2160p	1−2	0−1
low / 720p	18−20	12−14
medium / 1080p	9−10	6−7
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Metro Exodus is 66% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
low / 768p	100−110	90−95
high / 1080p	−	85−90
ultra / 1080p	90−95	80−85
medium / 1080p	95−100	90−95
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Minecraft is 10% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
high / 1080p	18−20	16−18
ultra / 1080p	14−16	14−16
low / 720p	40−45	30−35
medium / 1080p	20−22	18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 20% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
high / 1080p	12−14	−
ultra / 1080p	8−9	7−8
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
low / 720p	18−20	10−12
medium / 1080p	12−14	10−12
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 44% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
low / 768p	35−40	24−27
medium / 768p	21−24	16−18
high / 1080p	12−14	9−10
ultra / 1080p	8−9	6−7
4K / 2160p	7−8	−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 42% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.
low / 768p	90−95	85−90
medium / 768p	50−55	40−45
ultra / 1080p	24−27	18−20
high / 768p	45−50	35−40
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in World of Tanks is 17% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.

Full Specs

	Mobility Radeon HD 5870	Radeon R9 M270X
Architecture	Terascale 2	GCN 1.0
Code name	Broadway-XT	Venus
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010	21 March 2014
Pipelines	800	640
Core clock speed	700 MHz	725 MHz
Boost Clock		775 MHz
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	28.00	31.00
Floating-point performance	1,120.0 gflops	1,536 gflops
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	72 GB/s
Shared memory	-
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	Not Listed
Vulkan	N/A
FreeSync		+
Bus support		PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Eyefinity		+
HD3D		+
PowerTune		+
DualGraphics		+
ZeroCore		+
Switchable graphics		+
Mantle		+
Compute units		10
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Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon R9 M270X

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a Laptop Graphics Card

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