Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon HD 6850M
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 6850M, 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 HD 6850M, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 6850M are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 6850M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon HD 6850M here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon HD 6850M
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
50 Watt
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
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Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 50 Watt.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6850M uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 6850M have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
Both cards are used in Laptops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 6850M are build with Terascale 2 architecture.
Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 125 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 6850M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.
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
2−3
ultra / 1080p
6−7
0−1
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
21−24
12−14
medium / 1080p
12−14
3−4
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
high / 1080p
16−18
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
4−5
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
14−16
medium / 1080p
18−20
6−7
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Battlefield 5 is 187% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
−
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850M in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
170−180
120−130
medium / 768p
140−150
95−100
ultra / 1080p
70−75
40−45
QHD / 1440p
40−45
−
4K / 2160p
30−33
10−11
high / 768p
100−110
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 54% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
low / 768p
55−60
70−75
ultra / 1080p
27−30
16−18
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850M in Cyberpunk 2077 is 2% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
90−95
75−80
medium / 768p
75−80
45−50
ultra / 1080p
45−50
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Dota 2 is 46% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
high / 1080p
12−14
3−4
ultra / 1080p
10−12
3−4
4K / 2160p
4−5
1−2
low / 720p
27−30
12−14
medium / 1080p
12−14
4−5
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Far Cry 5 is 180% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
high / 1080p
18−20
10−12
ultra / 1080p
14−16
6−7
QHD / 1440p
−
2−3
low / 720p
75−80
50−55
medium / 1080p
35−40
10−12
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Fortnite is 85% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
high / 1080p
16−18
4−5
ultra / 1080p
14−16
−
QHD / 1440p
4−5
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
18−20
medium / 1080p
20−22
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Forza Horizon 4 is 150% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
low / 768p
65−70
45−50
medium / 768p
55−60
−
high / 1080p
18−20
5−6
ultra / 1080p
8−9
3−4
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
−
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Grand Theft Auto V is 72% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
high / 1080p
6−7
1−2
ultra / 1080p
5−6
0−1
4K / 2160p
1−2
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
5−6
medium / 1080p
9−10
3−4
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Metro Exodus is 266% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
low / 768p
100−110
90−95
high / 1080p
−
60−65
ultra / 1080p
90−95
−
medium / 1080p
95−100
−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Minecraft is 14% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
high / 1080p
18−20
14−16
ultra / 1080p
14−16
12−14
low / 720p
40−45
27−30
medium / 1080p
20−22
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 41% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
high / 1080p
12−14
−
ultra / 1080p
8−9
3−4
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
6−7
medium / 1080p
12−14
−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 160% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
low / 768p
35−40
10−12
medium / 768p
21−24
8−9
high / 1080p
12−14
4−5
ultra / 1080p
8−9
3−4
4K / 2160p
7−8
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 233% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
low / 768p
90−95
75−80
medium / 768p
50−55
40−45
ultra / 1080p
24−27
14−16
high / 768p
45−50
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in World of Tanks is 31% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon HD 6850M
Architecture
Terascale 2
Terascale 2
Code name
Broadway-XT
Granville Pro/LP
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
7 January 2010
6 January 2011
Pipelines
800
800
Core clock speed
700 MHz
575 / 675 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Texture fill rate
28.00
27.00
Floating-point performance
1,120.0 gflops
1,080.0 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
25.6 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
large
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