Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon Pro W5500M

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon Pro W5500M 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 Pro W5500M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Radeon Pro W5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 2x1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 41% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro W5500M.
  • Radeon Pro W5500M has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro W5500M - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon Pro W5500M - with RDNA 1.0.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire 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 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 14−16
ultra / 1080p 9−10 8−9
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
low / 720p 30−35 30−33
medium / 1080p 18−20 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than Radeon Pro W5500M.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire 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 1600 1408
Core clock speed 700 MHz
Boost Clock 1450 MHz
Transistor count 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 127.6
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.5
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
Laptop size large
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