ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs GeForce GTX 480M

Place in the ranking	687	785
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.89	4.08
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GF100	Broadway
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	25 May 2010 (14 years ago)	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)

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	800
Core clock speed	425 MHz	700 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	18.70	28.00
Floating-point processing power	0.5984 TFLOPS	1.12 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	44	40

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	large	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 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	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 480M 4.21
+41.8%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 2.97

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.

GTX 480M 8872
+10.9%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999

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	33 +6.5%	31 −6.5%
Full HD	39 +2.6%	38 −2.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Elden Ring	10−12 +57.1%	7−8 −57.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +28.6%	14−16 −28.6%
Metro Exodus	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%
Valorant	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Dota 2	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Elden Ring	10−12 +57.1%	7−8 −57.1%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +23.5%	16−18 −23.5%
Fortnite	24−27 +50%	16−18 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +28.6%	14−16 −28.6%
Grand Theft Auto V	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Metro Exodus	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 +37%	27−30 −37%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%
Valorant	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
World of Tanks	70−75 +34%	50−55 −34%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Dota 2	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +23.5%	16−18 −23.5%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +28.6%	14−16 −28.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 +37%	27−30 −37%
Valorant	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Elden Ring	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Grand Theft Auto V	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +38.1%	21−24 −38.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
World of Tanks	30−33 +50%	20−22 −50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Valorant	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Elden Ring	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Fortnite	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Valorant	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%