ATI Radeon HD 5750 vs ATI Mobility HD 4870

Place in the ranking	862	767
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	2.42
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	M98	Juniper
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	9 January 2009 (15 years ago)	13 October 2009 (15 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	800	720
Core clock speed	550 MHz	700 MHz
Number of transistors	956 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	86 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.00	25.20
Floating-point processing power	0.88 TFLOPS	1.008 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	40	36

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	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	178 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	888 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	56.83 GB/s	73.6 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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.0
OpenGL	3.3	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/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:

Full HD

−25%

35−40
+25%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−40%

7−8
+40%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −33.3%	12−14 +33.3%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −33.3%	24−27 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −38.9%	50−55 +38.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −33.3%	12−14 +33.3%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −33.3%	24−27 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −33.3%	16−18 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −38.9%	50−55 +38.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −33.3%	12−14 +33.3%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −33.3%	24−27 +33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −33.3%	16−18 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −38.9%	50−55 +38.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −33.3%	16−18 +33.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−40%

7−8
+40%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

+0%

1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−33.3%

4−5
+33.3%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 and ATI HD 5750 compete in popular games:

ATI HD 5750 is 25% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.11	3.01
Recency	9 January 2009	13 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	40 nm

ATI HD 5750 has a 42.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 5750 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 5750 is a desktop one.

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