Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon R7 370

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 370 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 R7 370 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 R7 370
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 110 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 9% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 370.
  • Radeon R7 370 has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 370 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R7 370 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 370 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 25 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 370.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 21−24
ultra / 1080p 9−10 14−16
QHD / 1440p 4−5 8−9
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 30−35 40−45
medium / 1080p 18−20 27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 370 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 43% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Radeon R7 370
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.0
Code name Broadway-XT Trinidad (Pitcairn)
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 January 2010 5 May 2015
Pipelines 1600 1024
Core clock speed 700 MHz
Boost Clock 975 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 62.40
Floating-point performance 1,997 gflops
Length 152 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 975 MHz
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.42 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 359 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.52 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 150 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
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