Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon HD 7850
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 7850, 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 7850, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a Laptop Graphics Card
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 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 here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon HD 7850
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
225 Watt
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Radeon HD 7850 has 350% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 7850 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Radeon HD 7850 has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7850 - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 7850 - with GCN 1.0.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7850 - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7850 is 200 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
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
18−20
ultra / 1080p
6−7
10−12
QHD / 1440p
0−1
5−6
4K / 2160p
−
4−5
low / 720p
21−24
35−40
medium / 1080p
12−14
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 76% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
16−18
30−33
ultra / 1080p
14−16
24−27
QHD / 1440p
0−1
10−11
4K / 2160p
−
7−8
low / 720p
35−40
60−65
medium / 1080p
18−20
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Battlefield 5 is 72% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
170−180
220−230
medium / 768p
140−150
190−200
ultra / 1080p
70−75
110−120
QHD / 1440p
40−45
80−85
4K / 2160p
30−33
40−45
high / 768p
100−110
160−170
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 44% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
55−60
60−65
ultra / 1080p
27−30
45−50
medium / 1080p
45−50
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 25% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
90−95
110−120
medium / 768p
75−80
100−110
ultra / 1080p
45−50
75−80
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Dota 2 is 37% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
12−14
21−24
ultra / 1080p
10−12
21−24
QHD / 1440p
−
18−20
4K / 2160p
4−5
7−8
low / 720p
27−30
50−55
medium / 1080p
12−14
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Far Cry 5 is 85% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
18−20
30−35
ultra / 1080p
14−16
21−24
QHD / 1440p
−
14−16
low / 720p
75−80
110−120
medium / 1080p
35−40
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Fortnite is 59% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
16−18
30−35
ultra / 1080p
14−16
24−27
QHD / 1440p
4−5
12−14
4K / 2160p
−
12−14
low / 720p
35−40
65−70
medium / 1080p
20−22
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Forza Horizon 4 is 84% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
65−70
100−105
medium / 768p
55−60
90−95
high / 1080p
18−20
35−40
ultra / 1080p
8−9
14−16
QHD / 1440p
0−1
6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Grand Theft Auto V is 60% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
6−7
12−14
ultra / 1080p
5−6
9−10
4K / 2160p
1−2
2−3
low / 720p
18−20
35−40
medium / 1080p
9−10
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Metro Exodus is 87% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
100−110
110−120
ultra / 1080p
90−95
−
medium / 1080p
95−100
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Minecraft is 13% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
18−20
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
low / 720p
40−45
65−70
medium / 1080p
20−22
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 26% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
12−14
14−16
ultra / 1080p
8−9
10−11
QHD / 1440p
0−1
1−2
4K / 2160p
−
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
35−40
medium / 1080p
12−14
20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 61% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
35−40
70−75
medium / 768p
21−24
40−45
high / 1080p
12−14
24−27
ultra / 1080p
8−9
12−14
4K / 2160p
7−8
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 88% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
90−95
90−95
medium / 768p
50−55
60−65
ultra / 1080p
24−27
40−45
high / 768p
45−50
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in World of Tanks is 16% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon HD 7850
Architecture
Terascale 2
GCN 1.0
Code name
Broadway-XT
Pitcairn
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
7 January 2010
5 March 2012
Pipelines
800
1024
Core clock speed
700 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
28.00
55.04
Floating-point performance
1,120.0 gflops
1,761 gflops
Length
210 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
153.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model
5.0
5.1
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
FreeSync
+
Bus support
PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI
+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
249 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
Eyefinity
+
Design
reference
CrossFire
+
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
12.5 Mh/s
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