Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon Pro W5500M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon Pro W5500M, 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 Pro W5500M, check out specs charts below.

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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:

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Laptops

Main Specs

	Mobility Radeon HD 5870	Radeon Pro W5500M
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	85 Watt
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
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Radeon Pro W5500M has 70% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro W5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
Radeon Pro W5500M has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro W5500M - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon Pro W5500M - with RDNA 1.0.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro W5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro W5500M is 11000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	10−11	14−16
ultra / 1080p	6−7	8−9
QHD / 1440p	0−1	3−4
low / 720p	21−24	30−33
medium / 1080p	12−14	18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 38% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p	16−18	21−24
ultra / 1080p	14−16	20−22
QHD / 1440p	0−1	6−7
4K / 2160p	−	5−6
low / 720p	35−40	50−55
medium / 1080p	18−20	24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Battlefield 5 is 36% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p	45−50	45−50
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon Pro W5500M have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p	170−180	200−210
medium / 768p	140−150	170−180
ultra / 1080p	70−75	95−100
QHD / 1440p	40−45	50−55
4K / 2160p	30−33	30−33
high / 768p	100−110	130−140
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 22% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p	55−60	55−60
ultra / 1080p	27−30	35−40
medium / 1080p	45−50	45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Cyberpunk 2077 is 6% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p	90−95	100−110
medium / 768p	75−80	90−95
ultra / 1080p	45−50	60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Dota 2 is 19% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p	12−14	16−18
ultra / 1080p	10−12	14−16
4K / 2160p	4−5	6−7
low / 720p	27−30	35−40
medium / 1080p	12−14	18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Far Cry 5 is 35% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p	18−20	24−27
ultra / 1080p	14−16	18−20
QHD / 1440p	−	16−18
low / 720p	75−80	95−100
medium / 1080p	35−40	50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Fortnite is 29% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p	16−18	24−27
ultra / 1080p	14−16	18−20
QHD / 1440p	4−5	8−9
low / 720p	35−40	50−55
medium / 1080p	20−22	27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Forza Horizon 4 is 36% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p	65−70	80−85
medium / 768p	55−60	70−75
high / 1080p	18−20	27−30
ultra / 1080p	8−9	12−14
QHD / 1440p	0−1	2−3
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Grand Theft Auto V is 28% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p	6−7	9−10
ultra / 1080p	5−6	7−8
4K / 2160p	1−2	2−3
low / 720p	18−20	27−30
medium / 1080p	9−10	12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Metro Exodus is 50% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p	100−110	110−120
ultra / 1080p	90−95	100−110
medium / 1080p	95−100	100−110
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Minecraft is 10% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p	18−20	21−24
ultra / 1080p	14−16	16−18
low / 720p	40−45	55−60
medium / 1080p	20−22	24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 25% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p	12−14	14−16
ultra / 1080p	8−9	9−10
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
low / 720p	18−20	27−30
medium / 1080p	12−14	16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 30% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p	35−40	50−55
medium / 768p	21−24	30−35
high / 1080p	12−14	18−20
ultra / 1080p	8−9	10−11
4K / 2160p	7−8	8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 41% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p	90−95	100−110
medium / 768p	50−55	60−65
ultra / 1080p	24−27	30−35
high / 768p	45−50	50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in World of Tanks is 16% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Full Specs

	Mobility Radeon HD 5870	Radeon Pro W5500M
Architecture	Terascale 2	RDNA 1.0
Code name	Broadway-XT	Navi 14
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	7 January 2010	10 February 2020
Pipelines	800	1408
Core clock speed	700 MHz
Boost Clock		1450 MHz
Transistor count	1,040 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Texture fill rate	28.00	127.6
Floating-point performance	1,120.0 gflops
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	192.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
Laptop size	large
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Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon Pro W5500M

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a Laptop Graphics Card

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