ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 560 Ti with Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, including specs and performance data.

GTX 560 Ti
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 170 Watt
7.91
+64.8%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.80

GTX 560 Ti outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by an impressive 65% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking517637
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.73no data
Power efficiency3.242.79
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF114Broadway-XT
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date25 January 2011 (13 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3841600
Core clock speed823 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate52.67no data
Floating-point processing power1.263 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs64no 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2x1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.3 GB/sno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA2.1-

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 560 Ti 7.91
+64.8%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 4.80

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 560 Ti 15494
+18.8%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 13046

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:

900p63
+18.9%
53
−18.9%
Full HD66
+22.2%
54
−22.2%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.77no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
+53.8%
12−14
−53.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Battlefield 5 24−27
+100%
12−14
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+67.7%
30−35
−67.7%
Hitman 3 14−16
+36.4%
10−12
−36.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+40.6%
30−35
−40.6%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+109%
10−12
−109%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+69.2%
12−14
−69.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+44.4%
18−20
−44.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+21.7%
45−50
−21.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
+53.8%
12−14
−53.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Battlefield 5 24−27
+100%
12−14
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+67.7%
30−35
−67.7%
Hitman 3 14−16
+36.4%
10−12
−36.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+40.6%
30−35
−40.6%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+109%
10−12
−109%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+69.2%
12−14
−69.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+44.4%
18−20
−44.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+21.7%
45−50
−21.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
+53.8%
12−14
−53.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+67.7%
30−35
−67.7%
Hitman 3 14−16
+36.4%
10−12
−36.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+40.6%
30−35
−40.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+44.4%
18−20
−44.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+21.7%
45−50
−21.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+69.2%
12−14
−69.2%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
+200%
10−11
−200%
Hitman 3 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+61.3%
30−35
−61.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Hitman 3 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+367%
6−7
−367%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%

This is how GTX 560 Ti and ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire compete in popular games:

  • GTX 560 Ti is 19% faster in 900p
  • GTX 560 Ti is 22% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 560 Ti is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 560 Ti surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire in all 68 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.91 4.80
Recency 25 January 2011 7 January 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 120 Watt

GTX 560 Ti has a 64.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire, on the other hand, has 41.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook one.


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