ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs GeForce GTX 980M SLI
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 980M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
980M SLI outperforms Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by a whopping 430% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 255 | 693 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 9.58 | 3.01 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | no data | Broadway-XT |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 October 2014 (11 years ago) | 7 January 2010 (16 years ago) |
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 | 3072 | 1600 |
| Core clock speed | 1038 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1127 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2x 5200 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 120 Watt |
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 |
| 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 | DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 8 GB | 2x1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 11 |
| Vulkan | + | - |
| CUDA | + | - |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
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 | 135
+155%
| 53
−155%
|
| Full HD | 110
+104%
| 54
−104%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 140−150
+586%
|
21−24
−586%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 55−60
+450%
|
10−11
−450%
|
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 60−65
+757%
|
7−8
−757%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 95−100
+421%
|
18−20
−421%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 140−150
+586%
|
21−24
−586%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 55−60
+450%
|
10−11
−450%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 80−85
+486%
|
14−16
−486%
|
| Fortnite | 120−130
+339%
|
27−30
−339%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 100−105
+355%
|
21−24
−355%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 80−85
+515%
|
12−14
−515%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 100−105
+426%
|
18−20
−426%
|
| Valorant | 170−180
+187%
|
60−65
−187%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 95−100
+421%
|
18−20
−421%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 140−150
+586%
|
21−24
−586%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 260−270
+221%
|
80−85
−221%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 55−60
+450%
|
10−11
−450%
|
| Dota 2 | 120−130
+205%
|
40−45
−205%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 80−85
+486%
|
14−16
−486%
|
| Fortnite | 120−130
+339%
|
27−30
−339%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 100−105
+355%
|
21−24
−355%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 80−85
+515%
|
12−14
−515%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 90−95
+513%
|
14−16
−513%
|
| Metro Exodus | 55−60
+522%
|
9−10
−522%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 100−105
+426%
|
18−20
−426%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 75−80
+492%
|
12−14
−492%
|
| Valorant | 170−180
+187%
|
60−65
−187%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 95−100
+421%
|
18−20
−421%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 55−60
+450%
|
10−11
−450%
|
| Dota 2 | 120−130
+205%
|
40−45
−205%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 80−85
+486%
|
14−16
−486%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 100−105
+355%
|
21−24
−355%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 100−105
+426%
|
18−20
−426%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 75−80
+492%
|
12−14
−492%
|
| Valorant | 170−180
+187%
|
60−65
−187%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 120−130
+339%
|
27−30
−339%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 55−60
+511%
|
9−10
−511%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 170−180
+397%
|
35−40
−397%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 45−50
+1500%
|
3−4
−1500%
|
| Metro Exodus | 30−35
+1033%
|
3−4
−1033%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+400%
|
35−40
−400%
|
| Valorant | 200−210
+310%
|
50−55
−310%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 70−75
+1650%
|
4−5
−1650%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 24−27
+767%
|
3−4
−767%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 55−60
+544%
|
9−10
−544%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 65−70
+500%
|
10−12
−500%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 40−45
+486%
|
7−8
−486%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 60−65
+578%
|
9−10
−578%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27
+525%
|
4−5
−525%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 45−50
+200%
|
16−18
−200%
|
| Metro Exodus | 21−24
+450%
|
4−5
−450%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 35−40
+3700%
|
1−2
−3700%
|
| Valorant | 150−160
+552%
|
21−24
−552%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40
+1850%
|
2−3
−1850%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27
+525%
|
4−5
−525%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−12
+1000%
|
1−2
−1000%
|
| Dota 2 | 80−85
+413%
|
16−18
−413%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 30−33
+650%
|
4−5
−650%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50
+650%
|
6−7
−650%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 27−30
+460%
|
5−6
−460%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 27−30
+460%
|
5−6
−460%
|
This is how GTX 980M SLI and ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire compete in popular games:
- GTX 980M SLI is 155% faster in 900p
- GTX 980M SLI is 104% faster in 1080p
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 980M SLI is 3700% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, GTX 980M SLI surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire in all 57 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 24.87 | 4.69 |
| Recency | 7 October 2014 | 7 January 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 120 Watt |
GTX 980M SLI has a 430% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire, on the other hand, has 67% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTX 980M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in performance tests.
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