Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon RX 570
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon RX 570, 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 RX 570, 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 RX 570
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
120 Watt
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
8 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Radeon RX 570 has 140% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon RX 570 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Radeon RX 570 has 7 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 570 - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon RX 570 - with Polaris.
Core clock speed of Radeon RX 570 is 468 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 570 - by 14 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 570 is 6000 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
21−24
QHD / 1440p
0−1
16−18
4K / 2160p
−
10−11
low / 720p
21−24
60−65
medium / 1080p
12−14
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 215% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
16−18
55−60
ultra / 1080p
14−16
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
35−40
4K / 2160p
−
18−20
low / 720p
35−40
100−110
medium / 1080p
18−20
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in Battlefield 5 is 209% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 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
180−190
QHD / 1440p
40−45
110−120
4K / 2160p
30−33
70−75
high / 768p
100−110
210−220
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 86% 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 RX 570 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 RX 570 in Dota 2 is 59% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
12−14
45−50
ultra / 1080p
10−12
40−45
QHD / 1440p
−
27−30
4K / 2160p
4−5
14−16
low / 720p
27−30
80−85
medium / 1080p
12−14
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in Far Cry 5 is 235% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
18−20
60−65
ultra / 1080p
14−16
45−50
QHD / 1440p
−
27−30
4K / 2160p
−
27−30
low / 720p
75−80
180−190
medium / 1080p
35−40
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in Fortnite is 175% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
16−18
60−65
ultra / 1080p
14−16
45−50
QHD / 1440p
4−5
30−35
4K / 2160p
−
24−27
low / 720p
35−40
100−110
medium / 1080p
20−22
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in Forza Horizon 4 is 231% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
65−70
140−150
medium / 768p
55−60
120−130
high / 1080p
18−20
70−75
ultra / 1080p
8−9
30−35
QHD / 1440p
0−1
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in Grand Theft Auto V is 144% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
6−7
24−27
ultra / 1080p
5−6
20−22
QHD / 1440p
−
16−18
4K / 2160p
1−2
8−9
low / 720p
18−20
65−70
medium / 1080p
9−10
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in Metro Exodus is 287% 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 RX 570 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 RX 570 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 76% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
12−14
24−27
ultra / 1080p
8−9
16−18
QHD / 1440p
0−1
10−11
4K / 2160p
−
7−8
low / 720p
18−20
65−70
medium / 1080p
12−14
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 176% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
35−40
130−140
medium / 768p
21−24
85−90
high / 1080p
12−14
45−50
ultra / 1080p
8−9
24−27
4K / 2160p
7−8
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 264% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
90−95
90−95
medium / 768p
50−55
60−65
ultra / 1080p
24−27
50−55
high / 768p
45−50
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in World of Tanks is 24% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon RX 570
Architecture
Terascale 2
Polaris
Code name
Broadway-XT
Polaris 20 Ellesmere
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
7 January 2010
18 April 2017
Pipelines
800
2048
Core clock speed
700 MHz
1168 MHz
Boost Clock
1244 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
14 nm
Texture fill rate
28.00
159.2
Floating-point performance
1,120.0 gflops
5,095 gflops
Length
241 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
224.0 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
+
FreeSync
+
Laptop size
large
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