Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Place in performance ranking	187	743
Place by popularity	9	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.14	1.09
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GP106	Broadway-XT
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	19 July 2016 (7 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data
Current price	$911 (3x MSRP)	$108

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1060 6 GB has 188% better value for money than ATI Mobility HD 5870.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	800
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	700 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,400 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	136.7	28.00
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	1,120.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	250 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	64 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	6.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1060 6 GB 26.54
+800%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 2.95

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 by 800% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1060 6 GB 55893
+599%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 by 599% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	270−280 +771%	31 −771%
Full HD	94 +161%	36 −161%
1440p	47 +840%	5−6 −840%
4K	34 +1033%	3−4 −1033%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

40−45

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	72	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50 +820%	5−6 −820%
Battlefield 5	89	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	66	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45	no data
Far Cry 5	83	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	82	no data
Forza Horizon 4	100	no data
Hitman 3	50−55	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110	no data
Metro Exodus	92	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	100	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	61	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50 +820%	5−6 −820%
Battlefield 5	78	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	60	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45	no data
Far Cry 5	64	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	64	no data
Forza Horizon 4	260	no data
Hitman 3	50−55	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110	no data
Metro Exodus	76	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	82	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	76	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	38	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50 +820%	5−6 −820%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	43	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45	no data
Far Cry 5	50	no data
Forza Horizon 4	73	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	48	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	50	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	32	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +800%	3−4 −800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	39	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18	no data
Far Cry 5	47	no data
Forza Horizon 4	57	no data
Hitman 3	30−35	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60	no data
Metro Exodus	50 +900%	5−6 −900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +883%	6−7 −883%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	22	no data
Hitman 3	21−24 +950%	2−3 −950%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +1600%	1−2 −1600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29 +867%	3−4 −867%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	0−1
Far Cry 5	15	no data
Forza Horizon 4	38	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35	no data
Metro Exodus	26	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

This is how GTX 1060 6 GB and ATI Mobility HD 5870 compete in popular games:

GTX 1060 6 GB is 771% faster in 900p
GTX 1060 6 GB is 161% faster in 1080p
GTX 1060 6 GB is 840% faster in 1440p
GTX 1060 6 GB is 1033% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	26.54	2.95
Recency	19 July 2016	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	50 Watt