Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon PRO WX 3100
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon PRO WX 3100, 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 WX 3100, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon PRO WX 3100 are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon PRO WX 3100 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 PRO WX 3100 here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon PRO WX 3100
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
65 Watt
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
4 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Radeon PRO WX 3100 has 30% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon PRO WX 3100 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
Radeon PRO WX 3100 has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Radeon PRO WX 3100 - in Mobile workstations.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon PRO WX 3100 - with Polaris.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon PRO WX 3100 - by 14 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon PRO WX 3100 is 5000 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
14−16
ultra / 1080p
6−7
8−9
QHD / 1440p
0−1
3−4
low / 720p
21−24
27−30
medium / 1080p
12−14
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 3100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 30% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
16−18
21−24
ultra / 1080p
14−16
18−20
QHD / 1440p
0−1
5−6
4K / 2160p
−
4−5
low / 720p
35−40
45−50
medium / 1080p
18−20
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 3100 in Battlefield 5 is 27% 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 WX 3100 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
90−95
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 WX 3100 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 21% 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 WX 3100 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 WX 3100 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
5−6
low / 720p
27−30
35−40
medium / 1080p
12−14
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 3100 in Far Cry 5 is 28% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
18−20
21−24
ultra / 1080p
14−16
18−20
QHD / 1440p
−
16−18
low / 720p
75−80
90−95
medium / 1080p
35−40
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 3100 in Fortnite is 21% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
16−18
21−24
ultra / 1080p
14−16
18−20
QHD / 1440p
4−5
8−9
low / 720p
35−40
45−50
medium / 1080p
20−22
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 3100 in Forza Horizon 4 is 26% 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
10−12
QHD / 1440p
0−1
2−3
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 3100 in Grand Theft Auto V is 26% 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 WX 3100 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 WX 3100 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
50−55
medium / 1080p
20−22
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 3100 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 16% 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
24−27
medium / 1080p
12−14
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 3100 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 23% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
35−40
50−55
medium / 768p
21−24
30−35
high / 1080p
12−14
16−18
ultra / 1080p
8−9
10−11
4K / 2160p
7−8
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 3100 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 41% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
90−95
100−105
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 WX 3100 in World of Tanks is 14% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon PRO WX 3100
Architecture
Terascale 2
Polaris
Code name
Broadway-XT
Polaris 12
Type
Laptop
Mobile workstation
Release date
7 January 2010
21 March 2017
Pipelines
800
512
Core clock speed
700 MHz
Boost Clock
1219 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
14 nm
Texture fill rate
28.00
39.01
Floating-point performance
1,120.0 gflops
1,248 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
96 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
12 (12_0)
Shader Model
5.0
6.4
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131
Laptop size
large
large
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