Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Radeon RX 5500 XT
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon RX 5500 XT, 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 Crossfire stacks up against Radeon RX 5500 XT, check out specs charts below.
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 RX 5500 XT
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
130 Watt
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2x1 GB
8 GB
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Radeon RX 5500 XT has 8% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Radeon RX 5500 XT has 6 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 5500 XT - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon RX 5500 XT - with RDNA 1.0.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500 XT - by 7 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500 XT is 13000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
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
16−18
45−50
ultra / 1080p
9−10
30−35
QHD / 1440p
4−5
24−27
4K / 2160p
−
14−16
low / 720p
30−35
70−75
medium / 1080p
18−20
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 193% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
24−27
70−75
ultra / 1080p
21−24
65−70
QHD / 1440p
8−9
50−55
4K / 2160p
6−7
24−27
low / 720p
50−55
120−130
medium / 1080p
27−30
80−85
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Battlefield 5 is 191% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
30−35
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon RX 5500 XT have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
210−220
250−260
medium / 768p
180−190
230−240
ultra / 1080p
100−110
210−220
QHD / 1440p
50−55
150−160
4K / 2160p
30−35
100−110
high / 768p
140−150
220−230
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 62% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
55−60
70−75
ultra / 1080p
40−45
−
medium / 1080p
45−50
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Cyberpunk 2077 is 19% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
110−120
120−130
medium / 768p
95−100
110−120
ultra / 1080p
65−70
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Dota 2 is 26% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
18−20
60−65
ultra / 1080p
16−18
55−60
QHD / 1440p
16−18
35−40
4K / 2160p
6−7
20−22
low / 720p
40−45
95−100
medium / 1080p
20−22
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Far Cry 5 is 180% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
24−27
85−90
ultra / 1080p
20−22
65−70
QHD / 1440p
16−18
40−45
4K / 2160p
−
21−24
low / 720p
100−110
210−220
medium / 1080p
55−60
140−150
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Fortnite is 146% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
27−30
80−85
ultra / 1080p
21−24
60−65
QHD / 1440p
9−10
45−50
4K / 2160p
9−10
30−35
low / 720p
55−60
130−140
medium / 1080p
30−33
85−90
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Forza Horizon 4 is 184% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
85−90
160−170
medium / 768p
75−80
140−150
high / 1080p
30−35
90−95
ultra / 1080p
12−14
45−50
QHD / 1440p
3−4
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Grand Theft Auto V is 130% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
10−11
35−40
ultra / 1080p
8−9
27−30
QHD / 1440p
−
21−24
4K / 2160p
3−4
12−14
low / 720p
30−35
85−90
medium / 1080p
12−14
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Metro Exodus is 223% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
110−120
120−130
medium / 1080p
100−110
−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Minecraft is 8% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
21−24
70−75
ultra / 1080p
18−20
50−55
4K / 2160p
−
18−20
low / 720p
55−60
120−130
medium / 1080p
24−27
75−80
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 161% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
high / 1080p
14−16
30−35
ultra / 1080p
10−11
21−24
QHD / 1440p
0−1
14−16
4K / 2160p
−
9−10
low / 720p
30−33
85−90
medium / 1080p
16−18
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 166% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
55−60
170−180
medium / 768p
35−40
110−120
high / 1080p
20−22
65−70
ultra / 1080p
10−12
35−40
4K / 2160p
8−9
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 211% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
low / 768p
100−110
120−130
medium / 768p
60−65
120−130
ultra / 1080p
35−40
60−65
high / 768p
55−60
100−110
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in World of Tanks is 60% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Radeon RX 5500 XT
Architecture
Terascale 2
RDNA 1.0
Code name
Broadway-XT
Navi 14
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
7 January 2010
12 December 2019
Pipelines
1600
1408
Core clock speed
700 MHz
Boost Clock
1845 MHz
Transistor count
6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
7 nm
Texture fill rate
162.4
Length
180 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224.0 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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