GeForce GTX 285M SLI vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Aggregated performance score
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire outperforms GeForce GTX 285M SLI by 15% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 599 | 641 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | no data | 1.64 |
Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | G9x (2007−2010) |
GPU code name | Broadway-XT | N10E-GTX |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Release date | 7 January 2010 (14 years old) | 2 March 2009 (15 years old) |
Current price | $56 | $149 |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 1600 | 256 |
Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 576 MHz |
Number of transistors | no data | 1508 Million |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 150 Watt |
Size and compatibility
Information on Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and GeForce GTX 285M SLI 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 size | large | large |
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 type | DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Maximum RAM amount | 2x1 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1020 MHz |
Shared memory | - | - |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 11 | 10 |
CUDA | no data | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire outperforms GeForce GTX 285M SLI by 15% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire outperforms GeForce GTX 285M SLI by 16% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.
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 | 53
+17.8%
| 45−50
−17.8%
|
Full HD | 54
−11.1%
| 60
+11.1%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
+14.3%
|
7−8
−14.3%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 9−10
+28.6%
|
7−8
−28.6%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5
+33.3%
|
3−4
−33.3%
|
Battlefield 5 | 14−16
+16.7%
|
12−14
−16.7%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 16−18
+6.7%
|
14−16
−6.7%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
+14.3%
|
7−8
−14.3%
|
Far Cry 5 | 10−11
+25%
|
8−9
−25%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 10−11
+25%
|
8−9
−25%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16
+15.4%
|
12−14
−15.4%
|
Hitman 3 | 10−12
+22.2%
|
9−10
−22.2%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 9−10
+12.5%
|
8−9
−12.5%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 9−10
+12.5%
|
8−9
−12.5%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 12−14
+9.1%
|
10−12
−9.1%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 6−7
+20%
|
5−6
−20%
|
Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 9−10
+28.6%
|
7−8
−28.6%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5
+33.3%
|
3−4
−33.3%
|
Battlefield 5 | 14−16
+16.7%
|
12−14
−16.7%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 16−18
+6.7%
|
14−16
−6.7%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
+14.3%
|
7−8
−14.3%
|
Far Cry 5 | 10−11
+25%
|
8−9
−25%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 10−11
+25%
|
8−9
−25%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16
+15.4%
|
12−14
−15.4%
|
Hitman 3 | 10−12
+22.2%
|
9−10
−22.2%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 9−10
+12.5%
|
8−9
−12.5%
|
Metro Exodus | 7−8
+16.7%
|
6−7
−16.7%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 9−10
+12.5%
|
8−9
−12.5%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 12−14
+9.1%
|
10−12
−9.1%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−11
+11.1%
|
9−10
−11.1%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 6−7
+20%
|
5−6
−20%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 9−10
+28.6%
|
7−8
−28.6%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5
+33.3%
|
3−4
−33.3%
|
Battlefield 5 | 14−16
+16.7%
|
12−14
−16.7%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
+14.3%
|
7−8
−14.3%
|
Far Cry 5 | 10−11
+25%
|
8−9
−25%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 10−11
+25%
|
8−9
−25%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16
+15.4%
|
12−14
−15.4%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−11
+11.1%
|
9−10
−11.1%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 6−7
+20%
|
5−6
−20%
|
1440p
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 8−9
+14.3%
|
7−8
−14.3%
|
Hitman 3 | 8−9
+14.3%
|
7−8
−14.3%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
Metro Exodus | 3−4
+50%
|
2−3
−50%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
+50%
|
2−3
−50%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9
+14.3%
|
7−8
−14.3%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
+50%
|
2−3
−50%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
Far Cry 5 | 7−8
+16.7%
|
6−7
−16.7%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5
+100%
|
2−3
−100%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
+50%
|
4−5
−50%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
Hitman 3 | 5−6
+25%
|
4−5
−25%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
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
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
+50%
|
2−3
−50%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 0−1 | 0−1 |
This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and GTX 285M SLI compete in popular games:
900p resolution:
- ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 17.8% faster than GTX 285M SLI
1080p resolution:
- GTX 285M SLI is 11.1% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 100% faster than the GTX 285M SLI.
All in all, in popular games:
- ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is ahead in 51 test (85%)
- there's a draw in 9 tests (15%)
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 4.85 | 4.20 |
Recency | 7 January 2010 | 2 March 2009 |
Chip lithography | 40 nm | 55 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 150 Watt |
The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 285M SLI in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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