Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs GeForce GTX 1070

Place in performance ranking	141	741
Place by popularity	43	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	26.78	1.06
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Pascal GP104	Broadway-XT
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	6 May 2016 (8 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$379	no data
Current price	$180 (0.5x MSRP)	$108

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1070 has 2426% 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	1920	800
CUDA cores	1920	no data
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	700 MHz
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	202.0	28.00
Floating-point performance	6,463 gflops	1,120.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1070 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
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin	no data
SLI options	+	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	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8 GB/s	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256 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	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
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.

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	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	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	+	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 1070 34.91
+1083%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 2.95

GeForce GTX 1070 outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 by 1083% based on our aggregated 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 1070 50995
+538%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999

GeForce GTX 1070 outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 by 538% 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	350−400 +1029%	31 −1029%
Full HD	118 +203%	39 −203%
1440p	69 +1280%	5−6 −1280%
4K	48 +1100%	4−5 −1100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

60−65
+900%

6−7

−900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	89 +2125%	4−5 −2125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 +1120%	5−6 −1120%
Battlefield 5	141 +2250%	6−7 −2250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	113 +842%	12−14 −842%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +900%	6−7 −900%
Far Cry 5	106 +2550%	4−5 −2550%
Far Cry New Dawn	107 +2575%	4−5 −2575%
Forza Horizon 4	129 +1513%	8−9 −1513%
Hitman 3	110−120 +1733%	6−7 −1733%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +1400%	5−6 −1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80 +1233%	6−7 −1233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	96 +967%	9−10 −967%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +3150%	2−3 −3150%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	76 +1800%	4−5 −1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 +1120%	5−6 −1120%
Battlefield 5	119 +1883%	6−7 −1883%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	94 +683%	12−14 −683%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +900%	6−7 −900%
Far Cry 5	100 +2400%	4−5 −2400%
Far Cry New Dawn	101 +2425%	4−5 −2425%
Forza Horizon 4	121 +1413%	8−9 −1413%
Hitman 3	110−120 +1733%	6−7 −1733%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +1400%	5−6 −1400%
Metro Exodus	62 +1450%	4−5 −1450%
Red Dead Redemption 2	43 +617%	6−7 −617%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	83 +822%	9−10 −822%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	120 +1614%	7−8 −1614%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +3150%	2−3 −3150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55 +1275%	4−5 −1275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 +1120%	5−6 −1120%
Battlefield 5	107 +1683%	6−7 −1683%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +900%	6−7 −900%
Far Cry 5	90 +2150%	4−5 −2150%
Far Cry New Dawn	91 +2175%	4−5 −2175%
Forza Horizon 4	94 +1075%	8−9 −1075%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	63 +800%	7−8 −800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +3150%	2−3 −3150%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	62 +1140%	5−6 −1140%
Hitman 3	60−65 +950%	6−7 −950%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +433%	9−10 −433%
Metro Exodus	38 +3700%	1−2 −3700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27 +2600%	1−2 −2600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	52 +767%	6−7 −767%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +1167%	3−4 −1167%
Battlefield 5	84 +1100%	7−8 −1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
Far Cry 5	68 +1260%	5−6 −1260%
Far Cry New Dawn	71 +1320%	5−6 −1320%
Forza Horizon 4	79 +7800%	1−2 −7800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +1467%	3−4 −1467%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +1400%	2−3 −1400%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	34 +1600%	2−3 −1600%
Hitman 3	30−35 +1033%	3−4 −1033%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +257%	7−8 −257%
Metro Exodus	23 +2200%	1−2 −2200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	26 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	43 +1333%	3−4 −1333%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	26 +2500%	1−2 −2500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Battlefield 5	45 +1400%	3−4 −1400%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12	0−1
Far Cry 5	35 +775%	4−5 −775%
Far Cry New Dawn	38 +533%	6−7 −533%
Forza Horizon 4	52 +1200%	4−5 −1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +1600%	1−2 −1600%

This is how GTX 1070 and ATI Mobility HD 5870 compete in popular games:

GTX 1070 is 1029% faster in 900p
GTX 1070 is 203% faster in 1080p
GTX 1070 is 1280% faster in 1440p
GTX 1070 is 1100% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1070 is 7800% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5870.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, GTX 1070 surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5870 in all 53 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	34.91	2.95
Recency	6 May 2016	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	50 Watt