Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs Radeon HD 5870
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 5870, 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 5850 stacks up against Radeon HD 5870, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is a Laptop Graphics Card
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5850 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 5850 here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP)
30 Watt
188 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Radeon HD 5870 has 526% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 5870 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 5870 - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 5870 - with TeraScale 2.
Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 225 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 5870 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 2800 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
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
5−6
10−12
ultra / 1080p
3−4
6−7
QHD / 1440p
0−1
1−2
low / 720p
14−16
24−27
medium / 1080p
7−8
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
10−11
18−20
ultra / 1080p
9−10
16−18
QHD / 1440p
0−1
1−2
low / 720p
21−24
35−40
medium / 1080p
10−11
20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Battlefield 5 is 76% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
45−50
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 5870 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
120−130
180−190
medium / 768p
95−100
150−160
ultra / 1080p
45−50
75−80
QHD / 1440p
24−27
45−50
4K / 2160p
−
30−33
high / 768p
70−75
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 58% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
16−18
30−35
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 12% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
75−80
95−100
medium / 768p
50−55
80−85
ultra / 1080p
27−30
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Dota 2 is 48% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
7−8
12−14
ultra / 1080p
6−7
12−14
4K / 2160p
3−4
5−6
low / 720p
16−18
30−33
medium / 1080p
7−8
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Far Cry 5 is 87% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
14−16
20−22
ultra / 1080p
9−10
14−16
low / 720p
55−60
80−85
medium / 1080p
18−20
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Fortnite is 56% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
10−11
18−20
ultra / 1080p
10−11
16−18
QHD / 1440p
0−1
5−6
low / 720p
21−24
40−45
medium / 1080p
12−14
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Forza Horizon 4 is 78% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
45−50
70−75
medium / 768p
40−45
60−65
high / 1080p
10−11
21−24
ultra / 1080p
5−6
9−10
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Grand Theft Auto V is 57% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
4−5
7−8
ultra / 1080p
2−3
5−6
4K / 2160p
0−1
1−2
low / 720p
10−11
21−24
medium / 1080p
5−6
10−11
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Metro Exodus is 120% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
90−95
100−110
high / 1080p
85−90
−
ultra / 1080p
75−80
95−100
medium / 1080p
90−95
100−110
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Minecraft is 17% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
16−18
20−22
ultra / 1080p
14−16
16−18
low / 720p
27−30
45−50
medium / 1080p
16−18
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 42% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
high / 1080p
−
12−14
ultra / 1080p
7−8
8−9
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
10−11
21−24
medium / 1080p
−
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 66% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
21−24
40−45
medium / 768p
14−16
24−27
high / 1080p
8−9
14−16
ultra / 1080p
5−6
9−10
4K / 2160p
−
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 91% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
low / 768p
80−85
95−100
medium / 768p
40−45
55−60
ultra / 1080p
16−18
27−30
high / 768p
30−35
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in World of Tanks is 32% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Radeon HD 5870
Architecture
Terascale 2
TeraScale 2
Code name
Broadway-PRO
Cypress
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
7 January 2010
23 September 2009
Pipelines
800
1600
Core clock speed
625 MHz
850 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Texture fill rate
20.00
68.00
Floating-point performance
800.0 gflops
2,720.0 gflops
Length
282 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
153.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model
5.0
5.0
OpenGL
4.4
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Laptop size
large
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