ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

#ad
Buy
VS

Combined performance score

Iris Plus Graphics 650
4.53
+53.6%

Iris Plus Graphics 650 outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 5870 by 54% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking613738
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.751.03
ArchitectureGen. 9.5 Kaby Lake (2015−2017)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameKaby Lake GT3eBroadway-XT
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years old)7 January 2010 (14 years old)
Current price$949 $108
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has 37% better value for money than Iris Plus Graphics 650.

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 cores48800
Core clock speed300 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate55.2028.00
Floating-point performance883 gflops1,120.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Iris Plus Graphics 650 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x1MXM-B (3.0)

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount32 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data64 GB/s
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 outputs

Technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.1.103N/A

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:

900p45−50
+45.2%
31
−45.2%
Full HD22
−77.3%
39
+77.3%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Hitman 3 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Hitman 3 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

This is how Iris Plus Graphics 650 and ATI Mobility HD 5870 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • Iris Plus Graphics 650 is 45.2% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5870

1080p resolution:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 77.3% faster than Iris Plus Graphics 650

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Iris Plus Graphics 650 is 200% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5870.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Iris Plus Graphics 650 is ahead in 51 test (96%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (4%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.53 2.95
Recency 3 January 2017 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt

The Iris Plus Graphics 650 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.

User ratings

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
Iris Plus Graphics 650
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Similar GPU comparisons

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

User ratings: view and submit

Here you can see the user rating of the graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


2.7 94 votes

Rate Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.4 45 votes

Rate ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions and comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.