Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs GeForce GTX 960M

Place in performance ranking	457	741
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.45	1.06
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	N16P-GX	Broadway-XT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Current price	$799	$108

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 960M has 37% better value for money than ATI Mobility HD 5870.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	640	800
CUDA cores	640	no data
Core clock speed	1096 MHz	700 MHz
Boost clock speed	1202 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	47.04	28.00
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops	1,120.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 960M 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 size	medium sized	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
SLI options	+	no 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 type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 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
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	no data
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	no data
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data
BatteryBoost	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

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	95 +206%	31 −206%
Full HD	36 −8.3%	39 +8.3%
1440p	15 +200%	5−6 −200%
4K	13 +225%	4−5 −225%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16
+133%

6−7

−133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	25 +525%	4−5 −525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Battlefield 5	38 +533%	6−7 −533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +100%	12−14 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +133%	6−7 −133%
Far Cry 5	28 +600%	4−5 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	27 +575%	4−5 −575%
Forza Horizon 4	35 +338%	8−9 −338%
Hitman 3	21−24 +267%	6−7 −267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +150%	6−7 −150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24 +167%	9−10 −167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +650%	2−3 −650%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	19 +375%	4−5 −375%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Battlefield 5	31 +417%	6−7 −417%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +100%	12−14 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +133%	6−7 −133%
Far Cry 5	25 +525%	4−5 −525%
Far Cry New Dawn	25 +525%	4−5 −525%
Forza Horizon 4	31 +288%	8−9 −288%
Hitman 3	21−24 +267%	6−7 −267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Metro Exodus	12 +200%	4−5 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +150%	6−7 −150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	19 +111%	9−10 −111%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24 +243%	7−8 −243%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +650%	2−3 −650%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	11 +175%	4−5 −175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Battlefield 5	26 +333%	6−7 −333%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +133%	6−7 −133%
Far Cry 5	23 +475%	4−5 −475%
Far Cry New Dawn	23 +475%	4−5 −475%
Forza Horizon 4	25 +213%	8−9 −213%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +100%	7−8 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +650%	2−3 −650%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +160%	5−6 −160%
Hitman 3	14−16 +133%	6−7 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	11 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Battlefield 5	17 +240%	5−6 −240%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	15 +200%	5−6 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	15 +200%	5−6 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	18 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Hitman 3	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 +233%	3−4 −233%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Battlefield 5	3 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	7 +75%	4−5 −75%
Far Cry New Dawn	6 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	0−1

This is how GTX 960M and ATI Mobility HD 5870 compete in popular games:

GTX 960M is 206% faster in 900p
ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 8% faster in 1080p
GTX 960M is 200% faster in 1440p
GTX 960M is 225% faster in 4K

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 960M is 1700% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5870.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 960M is ahead in 52 tests (98%)
there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.78	2.95
Recency	12 March 2015	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt