GeForce RTX 3090 Ti vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

Place in the ranking	639	10
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	8.29
Power efficiency	2.81	11.81
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Broadway-XT	GA102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	27 January 2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	1600	10752
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1560 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1860 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	625.0
Floating-point processing power	no data	40 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	112
TMUs	no data	336
Tensor Cores	no data	336
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	84

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	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	336 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2x1 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1,008 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 data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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 −1409%	800−850 +1409%
Full HD	52 −323%	220 +323%
1440p	9−10 −1600%	153 +1600%
4K	6−7 −1700%	108 +1700%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	9.09
1440p	no data	13.07
4K	no data	18.51

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1545%	180−190 +1545%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −2090%	219 +2090%
Elden Ring	12−14 −2231%	300−350 +2231%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −680%	110−120 +680%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1545%	180−190 +1545%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −910%	101 +910%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −2000%	400−450 +2000%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −1167%	150−160 +1167%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −847%	140−150 +847%
Valorant	14−16 −2950%	400−450 +2950%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −680%	110−120 +680%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1545%	180−190 +1545%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −760%	86 +760%
Dota 2	16−18 −1056%	185 +1056%
Elden Ring	12−14 −2338%	317 +2338%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −467%	136 +467%
Fortnite	27−30 −962%	300−350 +962%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −2000%	400−450 +2000%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −963%	170 +963%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −508%	73 +508%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 −412%	210−220 +412%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −847%	140−150 +847%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −988%	170−180 +988%
Valorant	14−16 −2950%	400−450 +2950%
World of Tanks	80−85 −249%	270−280 +249%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −680%	110−120 +680%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1545%	180−190 +1545%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −660%	76 +660%
Dota 2	16−18 −1119%	195 +1119%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −504%	140−150 +504%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −2000%	400−450 +2000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 −412%	210−220 +412%
Valorant	14−16 −2950%	400−450 +2950%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	4−5 −3675%	151 +3675%
Elden Ring	5−6 −4060%	208 +4060%
Grand Theft Auto V	5−6 −2920%	151 +2920%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −447%	170−180 +447%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2225%	90−95 +2225%
World of Tanks	35−40 −1374%	500−550 +1374%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1143%	85−90 +1143%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −241%	100−110 +241%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −940%	52 +940%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −1500%	160−170 +1500%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −3650%	300−310 +3650%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −3300%	130−140 +3300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −2125%	170−180 +2125%
Valorant	12−14 −2669%	350−400 +2669%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −965%	181 +965%
Elden Ring	2−3 −5700%	116 +5700%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −1031%	181 +1031%
Metro Exodus	0−1	84
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −1393%	200−210 +1393%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −2033%	60−65 +2033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −1031%	181 +1031%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −2175%	90−95 +2175%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1250%	27 +1250%
Dota 2	16−18 −982%	184 +982%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −2000%	100−110 +2000%
Fortnite	4−5 −2300%	95−100 +2300%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −3975%	160−170 +3975%
Valorant	4−5 −5150%	210−220 +5150%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2

100−105

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100−105

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2

100−105

+0%

100−105

+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and RTX 3090 Ti compete in popular games:

RTX 3090 Ti is 1409% faster in 900p
RTX 3090 Ti is 323% faster in 1080p
RTX 3090 Ti is 1600% faster in 1440p
RTX 3090 Ti is 1700% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Elden Ring, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3090 Ti is 5700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3090 Ti is ahead in 60 tests (97%)
there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.90	77.09
Recency	7 January 2010	27 January 2022
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	450 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has 275% lower power consumption.

RTX 3090 Ti, on the other hand, has a 1473.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 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 card while GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is a desktop one.

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