Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon HD 6970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6970, 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 Crossfire stacks up against Radeon HD 6970, check out specs charts below.

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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:

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Laptops

Main Specs

	Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire	Radeon HD 6970
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	550 Watt
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	DDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x1 GB	2 GB
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Radeon HD 6970 has 358% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6970 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6970 - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6970 are build with Terascale 2 architecture.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6970 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6970 is 375 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	16−18	14−16
ultra / 1080p	9−10	9−10
QHD / 1440p	4−5	3−4
low / 720p	30−35	30−35
medium / 1080p	18−20	18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
high / 1080p	24−27	24−27
ultra / 1080p	21−24	21−24
QHD / 1440p	8−9	7−8
4K / 2160p	6−7	5−6
low / 720p	50−55	50−55
medium / 1080p	27−30	27−30
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Battlefield 5 is 4% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	45−50	45−50
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6970 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p	210−220	210−220
medium / 768p	180−190	180−190
ultra / 1080p	100−110	95−100
QHD / 1440p	50−55	50−55
4K / 2160p	30−35	30−33
high / 768p	140−150	140−150
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 0% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	55−60	55−60
ultra / 1080p	40−45	40−45
medium / 1080p	45−50	45−50
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6970 have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p	110−120	110−120
medium / 768p	95−100	90−95
ultra / 1080p	65−70	60−65
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Dota 2 is 3% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
high / 1080p	18−20	18−20
ultra / 1080p	16−18	16−18
QHD / 1440p	16−18	−
4K / 2160p	6−7	6−7
low / 720p	40−45	35−40
medium / 1080p	20−22	18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Far Cry 5 is 10% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
high / 1080p	24−27	24−27
ultra / 1080p	20−22	18−20
QHD / 1440p	16−18	16−18
low / 720p	100−110	95−100
medium / 1080p	55−60	50−55
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Fortnite is 7% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
high / 1080p	27−30	24−27
ultra / 1080p	21−24	20−22
QHD / 1440p	9−10	9−10
4K / 2160p	9−10	−
low / 720p	55−60	50−55
medium / 1080p	30−33	27−30
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Forza Horizon 4 is 7% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	85−90	85−90
medium / 768p	75−80	75−80
high / 1080p	30−35	30−33
ultra / 1080p	12−14	12−14
QHD / 1440p	3−4	3−4
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6970 have the same average FPS in Grand Theft Auto V.
high / 1080p	10−11	9−10
ultra / 1080p	8−9	7−8
4K / 2160p	3−4	2−3
low / 720p	30−35	27−30
medium / 1080p	12−14	12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Metro Exodus is 8% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	110−120	110−120
ultra / 1080p	−	100−110
medium / 1080p	100−110	100−110
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6970 have the same average FPS in Minecraft.
high / 1080p	21−24	21−24
ultra / 1080p	18−20	18−20
low / 720p	55−60	55−60
medium / 1080p	24−27	24−27
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 6970 have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS.
high / 1080p	14−16	14−16
ultra / 1080p	10−11	9−10
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
low / 720p	30−33	27−30
medium / 1080p	16−18	16−18
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 5% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	55−60	55−60
medium / 768p	35−40	30−35
high / 1080p	20−22	18−20
ultra / 1080p	10−12	10−12
4K / 2160p	8−9	8−9
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 8% more, than Radeon HD 6970.
low / 768p	100−110	100−110
medium / 768p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	35−40	35−40
high / 768p	55−60	50−55
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in World of Tanks is 1% more, than Radeon HD 6970.

Full Specs

	Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire	Radeon HD 6970
Architecture	Terascale 2	Terascale 2
Code name	Broadway-XT	Cayman
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010	14 December 2010
Pipelines	1600	1536
Core clock speed	700 MHz
Boost Clock		880 MHz
Transistor count		2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Texture fill rate		84.48
Floating-point performance		2,703.4 gflops
Length		267 mm
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1375 MHz
Shared memory	-
DirectX	DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model		5.0
OpenGL		4.4
OpenCL		1.2
Bus support		PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI		+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)		273 Mh/s
Laptop size	large
Eyefinity		+
Design		reference
CrossFire		+
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Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon HD 6970

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Main Specs

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