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    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon HD 7850

    In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 7850 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 7850 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.
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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 7850
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 225 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x1 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 7850 has 87% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 7850 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7850 - in Desktops.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 7850 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire 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 Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 9−10 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 5−6
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 30−35 35−40
    medium / 1080p 18−20 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 18% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

    Full Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire 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 1600 1024
    Core clock speed 700 MHz
    Boost Clock 1000 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 55.04
    Floating-point performance 1,761 gflops
    Length 210 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    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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