Radeon 780M vs ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire with Radeon 780M, including specs and performance data.
780M outperforms Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by a whopping 250% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 693 | 362 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 42 |
| Power efficiency | 3.01 | 84.34 |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026) |
| GPU code name | Broadway-XT | Phoenix |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (16 years ago) | 31 January 2024 (2 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 cores | 1600 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 25,390 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 139.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 8.909 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 48 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 12 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L1 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
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 x8 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | System Shared |
| 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 Connectors | no data | Motherboard Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
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.
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
−240%
| 180−190
+240%
|
| Full HD | 54
+54.3%
| 35
−54.3%
|
| 1440p | 6−7
−300%
| 24
+300%
|
| 4K | 3−4
−367%
| 14
+367%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 21−24
−467%
|
119
+467%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
−290%
|
39
+290%
|
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 7−8
−257%
|
25
+257%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20
−274%
|
70−75
+274%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 21−24
−290%
|
82
+290%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
−210%
|
31
+210%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16
−221%
|
45
+221%
|
| Fortnite | 27−30
−229%
|
90−95
+229%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24
−214%
|
65−70
+214%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 12−14
−400%
|
65
+400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 18−20
−232%
|
60−65
+232%
|
| Valorant | 60−65
−120%
|
130−140
+120%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20
−274%
|
70−75
+274%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 21−24
−85.7%
|
39
+85.7%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 80−85
−161%
|
210−220
+161%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
−140%
|
24
+140%
|
| Dota 2 | 40−45
−146%
|
100−110
+146%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16
−193%
|
41
+193%
|
| Fortnite | 27−30
−229%
|
90−95
+229%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24
−214%
|
65−70
+214%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 12−14
−362%
|
60
+362%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−193%
|
44
+193%
|
| Metro Exodus | 9−10
−222%
|
29
+222%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 18−20
−232%
|
60−65
+232%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
−254%
|
46
+254%
|
| Valorant | 60−65
−120%
|
130−140
+120%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20
−274%
|
70−75
+274%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
−130%
|
23
+130%
|
| Dota 2 | 40−45
−146%
|
100−110
+146%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16
−179%
|
39
+179%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24
−214%
|
65−70
+214%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 18−20
−232%
|
60−65
+232%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
−123%
|
29
+123%
|
| Valorant | 60−65
−120%
|
130−140
+120%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 27−30
−229%
|
90−95
+229%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10
−200%
|
27
+200%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 35−40
−242%
|
120−130
+242%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 3−4
−500%
|
18
+500%
|
| Metro Exodus | 3−4
−600%
|
21−24
+600%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 35−40
−360%
|
160−170
+360%
|
| Valorant | 50−55
−222%
|
160−170
+222%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
−1075%
|
45−50
+1075%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−433%
|
16
+433%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 9−10
−200%
|
27
+200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12
−273%
|
40−45
+273%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8
−186%
|
20
+186%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 9−10
−322%
|
35−40
+322%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
−31.3%
|
21
+31.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−1400%
|
15
+1400%
|
| Valorant | 21−24
−309%
|
90−95
+309%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3
−1150%
|
24−27
+1150%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−500%
|
6
+500%
|
| Dota 2 | 16−18
−269%
|
55−60
+269%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5
−200%
|
12
+200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
−383%
|
27−30
+383%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 5−6
−220%
|
16−18
+220%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 5−6
−240%
|
16−18
+240%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 6
+0%
|
6
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon 780M compete in popular games:
- Radeon 780M is 240% faster in 900p
- ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 54% faster in 1080p
- Radeon 780M is 300% faster in 1440p
- Radeon 780M is 367% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 780M is 1400% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Radeon 780M performs better in 57 tests (95%)
- there's a draw in 3 tests (5%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.69 | 16.43 |
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 31 January 2024 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 15 Watt |
Radeon 780M has a 250% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 900% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.
The Radeon 780M 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 graphics card while Radeon 780M is a desktop one.
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