ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

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Combined performance score

GTX 850M
6.50
+120%

GeForce GTX 850M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 by 120% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking534738
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.721.03
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameN15P-GTBroadway-XT
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years old)7 January 2010 (14 years old)
Current price$163 $108
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 850M has 261% better value for money than ATI Mobility HD 5870.

Technical specs

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 cores640800
CUDA cores640no data
Core clock speedUp to 936 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate36.0828.00
Floating-point performance1,155 gflops1,120.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 850M and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizemedium sizedlarge
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeDDR3, GDDR5DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3 or GDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.0 GB/s64 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+no data
HDCP content protection+no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+no data

Technologies

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

H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+no data
Optimus+no data
Ansel+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/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 850M 6.50
+120%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 2.95

GeForce GTX 850M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 by 120% in our combined 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 850M 15863
+98.3%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999

GeForce GTX 850M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 by 98% 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:

900p84
+171%
31
−171%
Full HD32
−21.9%
39
+21.9%
4K10
+150%
4−5
−150%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+250%
6−7
−250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%
Hitman 3 14−16
+150%
6−7
−150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+250%
6−7
−250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%
Hitman 3 14−16
+150%
6−7
−150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21
+200%
7−8
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+250%
6−7
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Hitman 3 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Hitman 3 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

This is how GTX 850M and ATI Mobility HD 5870 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GTX 850M is 171% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5870

1080p resolution:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 21.9% faster than GTX 850M

4K resolution:

  • GTX 850M is 150% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5870

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 850M is 400% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5870.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 850M is ahead in 52 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 6.50 2.95
Recency 12 March 2014 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 50 Watt

The GeForce GTX 850M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.


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