FirePro S9050 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire with FirePro S9050, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.69

S9050 outperforms Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by a whopping 150% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking693450
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.014.01
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameBroadway-XTTahiti
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date7 January 2010 (16 years ago)7 August 2014 (11 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 cores16001792
Core clock speed700 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistorsno data4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rateno data100.8
Floating-point processing powerno data3.226 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data112
L1 Cacheno data448 KB
L2 Cacheno data768 KB

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data254 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-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 typeDDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x1 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data264 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x DisplayPort

API and SDK support

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

DirectX1112 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131

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:

900p53
−145%
130−140
+145%
Full HD54
−141%
130−140
+141%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−138%
50−55
+138%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 7−8
−129%
16−18
+129%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 18−20
−137%
45−50
+137%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−138%
50−55
+138%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−114%
30−33
+114%
Fortnite 27−30
−132%
65−70
+132%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−127%
50−55
+127%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
−131%
30−33
+131%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−137%
45−50
+137%
Valorant 60−65
−133%
140−150
+133%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 18−20
−137%
45−50
+137%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−138%
50−55
+138%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 80−85
−144%
200−210
+144%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Dota 2 40−45
−144%
100−105
+144%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−114%
30−33
+114%
Fortnite 27−30
−132%
65−70
+132%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−127%
50−55
+127%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
−131%
30−33
+131%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−133%
35−40
+133%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−133%
21−24
+133%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−137%
45−50
+137%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−131%
30−33
+131%
Valorant 60−65
−133%
140−150
+133%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 18−20
−137%
45−50
+137%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Dota 2 40−45
−144%
100−105
+144%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−114%
30−33
+114%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−127%
50−55
+127%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−137%
45−50
+137%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−131%
30−33
+131%
Valorant 60−65
−133%
140−150
+133%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 27−30
−132%
65−70
+132%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−133%
21−24
+133%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
−136%
85−90
+136%
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
−143%
85−90
+143%
Valorant 50−55
−135%
120−130
+135%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−133%
21−24
+133%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−145%
27−30
+145%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−129%
16−18
+129%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
−133%
21−24
+133%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−119%
35−40
+119%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Valorant 21−24
−139%
55−60
+139%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Dota 2 16−18
−119%
35−40
+119%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and FirePro S9050 compete in popular games:

  • FirePro S9050 is 145% faster in 900p
  • FirePro S9050 is 141% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.69 11.72
Recency 7 January 2010 7 August 2014
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 225 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has 88% lower power consumption.

FirePro S9050, on the other hand, has a 150% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.

The FirePro S9050 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while FirePro S9050 is a workstation one.

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