ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

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Combined performance score

GTX 965M
9.73
+101%

GeForce GTX 965M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire by 101% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking422598
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.90no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameN16E-GS, N16E-GRBroadway-XT
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 January 2015 (9 years old)7 January 2010 (14 years old)
Current price$1546 $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 cores10241600
CUDA cores1024no data
Core clock speed944 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed950 / 1151 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,940 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown120 Watt
Texture fill rate73.60no data
Floating-point performance2,355 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 965M 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 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 amount4 GB2x1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 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
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI+no data
G-SYNC support+no data

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 Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+no data
Optimus+no data
BatteryBoost+no data
Ansel+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
Vulkan1.1no 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 965M 9.73
+101%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 4.85

GeForce GTX 965M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire by 101% 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 965M 23562
+80.6%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 13046

GeForce GTX 965M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire by 81% 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:

900p100−110
+88.7%
53
−88.7%
Full HD46
−17.4%
54
+17.4%
1440p25
+108%
12−14
−108%
4K21
+110%
10−12
−110%

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 31
+244%
9−10
−244%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Battlefield 5 52
+271%
14−16
−271%
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 38
+280%
10−11
−280%
Far Cry New Dawn 38
+280%
10−11
−280%
Forza Horizon 4 47
+213%
14−16
−213%
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 31
+158%
12−14
−158%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24
+167%
9−10
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Battlefield 5 43
+207%
14−16
−207%
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 35
+250%
10−11
−250%
Far Cry New Dawn 35
+250%
10−11
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 41
+173%
14−16
−173%
Hitman 3 24−27
+127%
10−12
−127%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
Metro Exodus 15
+114%
7−8
−114%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+88.9%
9−10
−88.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 13
+8.3%
12−14
−8.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 31
+210%
10−11
−210%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 13
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Battlefield 5 35
+150%
14−16
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Far Cry 5 32
+220%
10−11
−220%
Far Cry New Dawn 32
+220%
10−11
−220%
Forza Horizon 4 28
+86.7%
14−16
−86.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18
+80%
10−11
−80%
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 10
+233%
3−4
−233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Battlefield 5 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry 5 22
+214%
7−8
−214%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5 0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Hitman 3 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
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 13
+1200%
1−2
−1200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3
+50%
2−3
−50%
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 10
+100%
5−6
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 31
+343%
7−8
−343%
Forza Horizon 4 14
+367%
3−4
−367%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

This is how GTX 965M and ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GTX 965M is 88.7% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

1080p resolution:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 17.4% faster than GTX 965M

1440p resolution:

  • GTX 965M is 108% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

4K resolution:

  • GTX 965M is 110% 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 965M is 1200% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 965M is ahead in 60 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.73 4.85
Recency 5 January 2015 7 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

The GeForce GTX 965M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in performance tests.


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