Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon HD 8730M
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 8730M, 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 8730M, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 8730M are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 8730M 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 8730M here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon HD 8730M
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
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Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 8730M uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
Radeon HD 8730M has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Both cards are used in Laptops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 8730M - with GCN.
Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 50 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8730M.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8730M - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8730M is 1000 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
0−1
ultra / 1080p
6−7
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
21−24
1−2
medium / 1080p
12−14
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than Radeon HD 8730M.
high / 1080p
16−18
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
0−1
medium / 1080p
18−20
−
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
−
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8730M in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
170−180
60−65
medium / 768p
140−150
27−30
ultra / 1080p
70−75
7−8
QHD / 1440p
40−45
−
4K / 2160p
30−33
−
high / 768p
100−110
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 342% more, than Radeon HD 8730M.
low / 768p
55−60
70−75
ultra / 1080p
27−30
0−1
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8730M in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
90−95
45−50
medium / 768p
75−80
10−11
ultra / 1080p
45−50
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Dota 2 is 193% more, than Radeon HD 8730M.
high / 1080p
12−14
−
ultra / 1080p
10−12
−
4K / 2160p
4−5
−
low / 720p
27−30
0−1
medium / 1080p
12−14
−
high / 1080p
18−20
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
−
low / 720p
75−80
21−24
medium / 1080p
35−40
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Fortnite is 250% more, than Radeon HD 8730M.
high / 1080p
16−18
0−1
ultra / 1080p
14−16
−
QHD / 1440p
4−5
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
0−1
medium / 1080p
20−22
0−1
low / 768p
65−70
18−20
medium / 768p
55−60
−
high / 1080p
18−20
0−1
ultra / 1080p
8−9
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
−
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Grand Theft Auto V is 252% more, than Radeon HD 8730M.
high / 1080p
6−7
−
ultra / 1080p
5−6
−
4K / 2160p
1−2
−
low / 720p
18−20
0−1
medium / 1080p
9−10
−
low / 768p
100−110
75−80
high / 1080p
−
27−30
ultra / 1080p
90−95
−
medium / 1080p
95−100
−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Minecraft is 36% more, than Radeon HD 8730M.
high / 1080p
18−20
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
−
low / 720p
40−45
8−9
medium / 1080p
20−22
−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 425% more, than Radeon HD 8730M.
high / 1080p
12−14
−
ultra / 1080p
8−9
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
−
low / 720p
18−20
0−1
medium / 1080p
12−14
−
low / 768p
35−40
0−1
medium / 768p
21−24
−
high / 1080p
12−14
−
ultra / 1080p
8−9
−
4K / 2160p
7−8
−
low / 768p
90−95
45−50
medium / 768p
50−55
14−16
ultra / 1080p
24−27
0−1
high / 768p
45−50
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in World of Tanks is 156% more, than Radeon HD 8730M.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon HD 8730M
Architecture
Terascale 2
GCN
Code name
Broadway-XT
Mars
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
7 January 2010
16 November 2012
Pipelines
800
384
Core clock speed
700 MHz
650 MHz
Boost Clock
700 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
950 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
28.00
16.80
Floating-point performance
1,120.0 gflops
537.6 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
32 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
12 (11_1)
Shader Model
5.0
5.1
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131
Laptop size
large
medium sized
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