ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs GeForce GTX 465
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 465 with Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, including specs and performance data.
GTX 465 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by a considerable 41% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 560 | 640 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.22 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.37 | 2.80 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | Broadway-XT |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 31 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 7 January 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $279 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 352 | 1600 |
| Core clock speed | 607 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 26.75 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8554 TFLOPS | no data |
| Compute performance | 30x | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | no data |
| TMUs | 44 | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | no data |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | 1 GB | 2x1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1603 MHz (3206 data rate) | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 102.6 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI | no data |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
| CUDA | + | - |
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 | 70−75
+32.1%
| 53
−32.1%
|
| Full HD | 70−75
+34.6%
| 52
−34.6%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 3.99 | no data |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Elden Ring | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Valorant | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Elden Ring | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Valorant | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
| World of Tanks | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Valorant | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Dota 2 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Elden Ring | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| World of Tanks | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Valorant | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Dota 2 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Elden Ring | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Valorant | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
This is how GTX 465 and ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire compete in popular games:
- GTX 465 is 32% faster in 900p
- GTX 465 is 35% faster in 1080p
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.90 | 4.88 |
| Recency | 31 May 2010 | 7 January 2010 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 120 Watt |
GTX 465 has a 41.4% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 4 months.
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTX 465 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 465 is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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