Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs Radeon HD 5670

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon HD 5670, 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 4870 stacks up against Radeon HD 5670, check out specs charts below.

Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4870 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 4870 here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 5670
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon HD 5670 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 5670 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Radeon HD 5670 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5670 is 225 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5670 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5670 is 112 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 0−1
ultra / 1080p 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 1−2
medium / 1080p 8−9 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than Radeon HD 5670.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 5670
Architecture Terascale 1 Terascale 2
Code name M98-XT Redwood
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 9 January 2009 14 January 2010
Pipelines 800 400
Core clock speed 550 MHz 775 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 22.00 15.50
Floating-point performance 880.0 gflops 620.0 gflops
Length 168 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 888 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 56.83 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.1 5.0
OpenGL 3.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
Laptop size large
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