Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon Pro Vega 20
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon Pro Vega 20, 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 Pro Vega 20, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon Pro Vega 20 are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon Pro Vega 20 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 Crossfire or Radeon Pro Vega 20 here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Radeon Pro Vega 20
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
100 Watt
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
HBM2
Maximum RAM amount
2x1 GB
4 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 20% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.
Radeon Pro Vega 20 has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - in Mobile workstations.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - with Vega.
Core clock speed of Radeon Pro Vega 20 is 115 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - by 14 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro Vega 20 is 480 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
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
16−18
35−40
ultra / 1080p
9−10
21−24
QHD / 1440p
4−5
16−18
4K / 2160p
−
10−11
low / 720p
30−35
60−65
medium / 1080p
18−20
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
24−27
55−60
ultra / 1080p
21−24
45−50
QHD / 1440p
8−9
35−40
4K / 2160p
6−7
18−20
low / 720p
50−55
100−110
medium / 1080p
27−30
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Battlefield 5 is 125% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
210−220
250−260
medium / 768p
180−190
220−230
ultra / 1080p
100−110
180−190
QHD / 1440p
50−55
110−120
4K / 2160p
30−35
70−75
high / 768p
140−150
210−220
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 45% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
55−60
60−65
ultra / 1080p
40−45
−
medium / 1080p
45−50
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
110−120
120−130
medium / 768p
95−100
110−120
ultra / 1080p
65−70
100−110
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Dota 2 is 23% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
18−20
45−50
ultra / 1080p
16−18
40−45
QHD / 1440p
16−18
27−30
4K / 2160p
6−7
14−16
low / 720p
40−45
80−85
medium / 1080p
20−22
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Far Cry 5 is 115% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
24−27
60−65
ultra / 1080p
20−22
45−50
QHD / 1440p
16−18
27−30
4K / 2160p
−
27−30
low / 720p
100−110
180−190
medium / 1080p
55−60
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Fortnite is 93% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
27−30
60−65
ultra / 1080p
21−24
45−50
QHD / 1440p
9−10
30−35
4K / 2160p
9−10
24−27
low / 720p
55−60
100−110
medium / 1080p
30−33
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Forza Horizon 4 is 115% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
85−90
140−150
medium / 768p
75−80
120−130
high / 1080p
30−35
70−75
ultra / 1080p
12−14
30−35
QHD / 1440p
3−4
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Grand Theft Auto V is 88% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
10−11
24−27
ultra / 1080p
8−9
20−22
QHD / 1440p
−
16−18
4K / 2160p
3−4
8−9
low / 720p
30−35
65−70
medium / 1080p
12−14
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Metro Exodus is 138% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
110−120
130−140
medium / 1080p
100−110
120−130
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Minecraft is 18% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
21−24
−
ultra / 1080p
18−20
14−16
low / 720p
55−60
100−110
medium / 1080p
24−27
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 35% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
14−16
24−27
ultra / 1080p
10−11
16−18
QHD / 1440p
0−1
10−11
4K / 2160p
−
7−8
low / 720p
30−33
65−70
medium / 1080p
16−18
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 100% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
55−60
130−140
medium / 768p
35−40
85−90
high / 1080p
20−22
45−50
ultra / 1080p
10−12
24−27
4K / 2160p
8−9
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 129% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
100−110
90−95
medium / 768p
60−65
60−65
ultra / 1080p
35−40
50−55
high / 768p
55−60
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in World of Tanks is 3% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Radeon Pro Vega 20
Architecture
Terascale 2
Vega
Code name
Broadway-XT
Vega Mobile
Type
Laptop
Mobile workstation
Release date
7 January 2010
15 November 2018
Pipelines
1600
1280
Core clock speed
700 MHz
815 MHz
Boost Clock
1283 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
14 nm
Texture fill rate
102.6
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1024 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
1480 MHz
Memory bandwidth
189.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
12 (12_1)
Shader Model
6.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
Laptop size
large
large
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