ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

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Combined performance score

GTX 880M
9.87
+104%

GeForce GTX 880M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire by 104% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking417598
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.93no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameN15E-GX-A2Broadway-XT
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years old)7 January 2010 (14 years old)
Current price$1544 $56
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores15361600
CUDA cores1536no data
Core clock speed954 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate127.1no data
Floating-point performance3,050 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 880M and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire 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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
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 typeGDDR5DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2x1 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/sno data
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 data
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

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
Vulkan1.1.126no data
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 880M 9.87
+104%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 4.85

GeForce GTX 880M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire by 104% 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 880M 28022
+115%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 13046

GeForce GTX 880M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire by 115% 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:

900p135
+155%
53
−155%
Full HD58
+7.4%
54
−7.4%
4K23
+130%
10−12
−130%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+133%
9−10
−133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+143%
14−16
−143%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+62.5%
16−18
−62.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+119%
16−18
−119%
Hitman 3 24−27
+127%
10−12
−127%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+88.9%
9−10
−88.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+75%
12−14
−75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+133%
9−10
−133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+143%
14−16
−143%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+62.5%
16−18
−62.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+119%
16−18
−119%
Hitman 3 24−27
+127%
10−12
−127%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+88.9%
9−10
−88.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+75%
12−14
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 34
+240%
10−11
−240%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+133%
9−10
−133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+143%
14−16
−143%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+119%
16−18
−119%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 19
+90%
10−11
−90%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Hitman 3 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Battlefield 5 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+200%
6−7
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6 0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Hitman 3 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

This is how GTX 880M and ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GTX 880M is 155% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 880M is 7.4% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

4K resolution:

  • GTX 880M is 130% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 880M is 700% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 880M surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire in all 61 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.87 4.85
Recency 12 March 2014 7 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 120 Watt

The GeForce GTX 880M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in performance tests.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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