ATI Radeon 7000 vs ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire with Radeon 7000, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.73
+47200%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire outperforms ATI 7000 by a whopping 47200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6551550
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.790.03
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameBroadway-XTRV100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)19 February 2001 (24 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 cores1600no data
Core clock speed700 MHz183 MHz
Number of transistorsno data30 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rateno data0.55
ROPsno data1
TMUsno data3

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 dataAGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
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, GDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2x1 GB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz183 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data2.928 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX117.0
OpenGLno data1.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

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:

900p53-0−1
Full HD54-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 18−20 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 18−20 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10 0−1
Far Cry 5 12−14 0−1
Fortnite 27−30 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 21−24 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 10−12 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20 0−1
Valorant 55−60 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 18−20 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 80−85 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10 0−1
Dota 2 40−45 0−1
Far Cry 5 12−14 0−1
Fortnite 27−30 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 21−24 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 10−12 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10 0−1
Metro Exodus 9−10 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14 0−1
Valorant 55−60 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10 0−1
Dota 2 40−45 0−1
Far Cry 5 12−14 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 21−24 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14 0−1
Valorant 55−60 0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 27−30 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 5−6 0−1
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35 0−1
Valorant 50−55 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−12 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−12 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 9−10 0−1

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Valorant 21−24 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Dota 2 14−16 0−1
Far Cry 5 6−7 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.73 0.01
Recency 7 January 2010 19 February 2001
Chip lithography 40 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 23 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has a 47200% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 7000, on the other hand, has 421.7% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 7000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook card while Radeon 7000 is a desktop one.

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