GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.89
+211%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire outperforms GTX 660M Mac Edition by a whopping 211% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking645975
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.802.16
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameBroadway-XTGK107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)1 April 2013 (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 cores1600384
Core clock speed700 MHz950 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data30.40
Floating-point processing powerno data0.7296 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

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 dataMXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data80 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX1112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

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
+231%
16−18
−231%
Full HD54
+238%
16−18
−238%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Battlefield 5 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Fortnite 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+250%
6−7
−250%
Forza Horizon 5 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
Valorant 55−60
+228%
18−20
−228%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Battlefield 5 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 80−85
+233%
24−27
−233%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Dota 2 40−45
+233%
12−14
−233%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Fortnite 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+250%
6−7
−250%
Forza Horizon 5 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Valorant 55−60
+228%
18−20
−228%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Dota 2 40−45
+233%
12−14
−233%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+250%
6−7
−250%
Forza Horizon 5 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Valorant 55−60
+228%
18−20
−228%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
+250%
10−11
−250%
Grand Theft Auto V 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+220%
10−11
−220%
Valorant 50−55
+219%
16−18
−219%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Forza Horizon 5 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Valorant 21−24
+229%
7−8
−229%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Dota 2 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and GTX 660M Mac Edition compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 231% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 238% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.89 1.57
Recency 7 January 2010 1 April 2013
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 50 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has a 211.5% higher aggregate performance score.

GTX 660M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 140% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition in performance tests.

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