GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire with GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.69
+17.5%

Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire outperforms GTS 450 Rev. 2 by a moderate 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking693745
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.012.90
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameBroadway-XTGF116
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2010 (16 years ago)15 March 2011 (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 cores1600192
Core clock speed700 MHz783 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt106 Watt
Texture fill rateno data25.06
Floating-point processing powerno data0.6013 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32
L1 Cacheno data256 KB
L2 Cacheno data256 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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeDDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz902 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data57.73 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 data2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX1112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-2.1

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
+17.8%
45−50
−17.8%
Full HD54
+20%
45−50
−20%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+31.3%
16−18
−31.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 18−20
+18.8%
16−18
−18.8%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+31.3%
16−18
−31.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Fortnite 27−30
+33.3%
21−24
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+22.2%
18−20
−22.2%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+18.8%
16−18
−18.8%
Valorant 60−65
+20%
50−55
−20%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 18−20
+18.8%
16−18
−18.8%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+31.3%
16−18
−31.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 80−85
+26.2%
65−70
−26.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Dota 2 40−45
+36.7%
30−33
−36.7%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Fortnite 27−30
+33.3%
21−24
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+22.2%
18−20
−22.2%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+18.8%
16−18
−18.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Valorant 60−65
+20%
50−55
−20%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 18−20
+18.8%
16−18
−18.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Dota 2 40−45
+36.7%
30−33
−36.7%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+22.2%
18−20
−22.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+18.8%
16−18
−18.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Valorant 60−65
+20%
50−55
−20%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 27−30
+33.3%
21−24
−33.3%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
+20%
30−33
−20%
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+29.6%
27−30
−29.6%
Valorant 50−55
+27.5%
40−45
−27.5%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Valorant 21−24
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Dota 2 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and GTS 450 Rev. 2 compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 18% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 20% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.69 3.99
Recency 7 January 2010 15 March 2011
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 106 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has a 18% higher aggregate performance score.

GTS 450 Rev. 2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 13% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is a desktop one.

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