ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs GeForce GTX 970M

Place in the ranking	359	788
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.61	4.08
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GM204	Broadway
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 October 2014 (10 years ago)	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores	1280	800
Core clock speed	924 MHz	700 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	83.04	28.00
Floating-point processing power	2.657 TFLOPS	1.12 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	16
TMUs	80	40

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 size	large	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	120 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	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

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

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

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 970M 14.46
+400%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 2.89

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 970M 28845
+261%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999

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	136 +339%	31 −339%
Full HD	56 +47.4%	38 −47.4%
1440p	25 +525%	4−5 −525%
4K	22 +450%	4−5 −450%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	45.73	no data
1440p	102.44	no data
4K	116.40	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +136%	10−12 −136%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +314%	7−8 −314%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	46 +557%	7−8 −557%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +136%	10−12 −136%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +314%	7−8 −314%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +336%	14−16 −336%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 +1200%	3−4 −1200%
Metro Exodus	41 +720%	5−6 −720%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +227%	10−12 −227%
Valorant	60−65 +1400%	4−5 −1400%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	46 +557%	7−8 −557%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +136%	10−12 −136%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +314%	7−8 −314%
Dota 2	33 +313%	8−9 −313%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +218%	16−18 −218%
Fortnite	59 +269%	16−18 −269%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +336%	14−16 −336%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 +1200%	3−4 −1200%
Grand Theft Auto V	49 +513%	8−9 −513%
Metro Exodus	29 +480%	5−6 −480%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	149 +452%	27−30 −452%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +227%	10−12 −227%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44 +300%	10−12 −300%
Valorant	60−65 +1400%	4−5 −1400%
World of Tanks	190−200 +262%	50−55 −262%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	40 +471%	7−8 −471%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +136%	10−12 −136%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +314%	7−8 −314%
Dota 2	50−55 +575%	8−9 −575%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +218%	16−18 −218%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +336%	14−16 −336%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 +1200%	3−4 −1200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	38 +40.7%	27−30 −40.7%
Valorant	60−65 +1400%	4−5 −1400%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	21−24 +2100%	1−2 −2100%
Grand Theft Auto V	21−24 +1000%	2−3 −1000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140 +595%	18−20 −595%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%
World of Tanks	100−110 +420%	20−22 −420%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27 +800%	3−4 −800%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +414%	7−8 −414%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +1750%	2−3 −1750%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 +667%	3−4 −667%
Metro Exodus	25 +525%	4−5 −525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 +233%	6−7 −233%
Valorant	35−40 +270%	10−11 −270%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Dota 2	33 +106%	16−18 −106%
Grand Theft Auto V	33 +120%	14−16 −120%
Metro Exodus	7 +600%	1−2 −600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	38 +375%	8−9 −375%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	33 +106%	16−18 −106%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	13 +550%	2−3 −550%
Counter-Strike 2	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Dota 2	24−27 +62.5%	16−18 −62.5%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +533%	3−4 −533%
Fortnite	15 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Forza Horizon 5	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Valorant	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%

This is how GTX 970M and ATI Mobility HD 5870 compete in popular games:

GTX 970M is 339% faster in 900p
GTX 970M is 47% faster in 1080p
GTX 970M is 525% faster in 1440p
GTX 970M is 450% faster in 4K

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

in Dota 2, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 970M is 2100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, GTX 970M surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5870 in all 59 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.46	2.89
Recency	7 October 2014	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm

GTX 970M has a 400.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 970M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.

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