Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Radeon RX 550
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon RX 550, 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 RX 550, check out specs charts below.
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:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon RX 550
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
50 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 50 Watt.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon RX 550 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
Radeon RX 550 has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 550 - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 - with GCN 4.0.
Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 400 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 - by 14 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 6000 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
30−33
medium / 1080p
12−14
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550 in World of Tanks is 16% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Radeon RX 550
Architecture
Terascale 2
GCN 4.0
Code name
Broadway-XT
Lexa
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
7 January 2010
20 April 2017
Pipelines
800
512
Core clock speed
700 MHz
1100 MHz
Boost Clock
1183 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
14 nm
Texture fill rate
28.00
37.86
Floating-point performance
1,120.0 gflops
1,211 gflops
Length
145 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
112.0 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
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