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    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon R9 280

    When choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R9 280, it is worth examining the specifications of the models in detail. Do they meet the recommended requirements of modern games and software? Storage capacity, form factor, TDP, available ports, warranty and manufacturer support are all important. For example, the size of a PC case can limit the maximum thickness and length of the card. Often, instead of the factory overclocked card and RGB backlight, it is better to choose a reference model with a more efficient GPU. And make sure that your current power supply unit has the correct connection pins (using adapters is not recommended). This GPUs compare tool is meant to help you to choose the best graphics card for your build. Let's find out the difference between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R9 280.
    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Check Price
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    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:

    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Radeon R9 280
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
    Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x1 GB 3 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 280 has 66% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • Radeon R9 280 has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 280 - in Desktops.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 280 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 280 is 250 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    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 R9 280 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

    Full Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Radeon R9 280
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.0
    Code name Broadway-XT Tahiti
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 7 January 2010 4 March 2014
    Pipelines 1600 1792
    Core clock speed 700 MHz
    Boost Clock 933 MHz
    Transistor count 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 104.5
    Floating-point performance 3,344 gflops
    Length 275 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 240 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan +
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 408 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    TrueAudio +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 21.5 Mh/s
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
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