Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon HD 4770

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 4770 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 Crossfire will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 4770 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire 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 Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Radeon HD 4770
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 80 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x1 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 4770.
  • Radeon HD 4770 has 510 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 4770 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 4770 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4770 is 50 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 4770 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4770 is 2200 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 1−2
ultra / 1080p 9−10 0−1
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 10−12
medium / 1080p 18−20 2−3
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 340% more, than Radeon HD 4770.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Radeon HD 4770
Architecture Terascale 2 TeraScale
Code name Broadway-XT RV740
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 January 2010 28 April 2009
Pipelines 1600 640
Core clock speed 700 MHz 750 MHz
Transistor count 826 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 24.00
Floating-point performance 960.0 gflops
Length 203 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.1
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
Laptop size large
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