ATI Radeon 9200 vs ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire with Radeon 9200, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.80
+47900%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire outperforms ATI 9200 by a whopping 47900% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6401520
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.790.02
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameBroadway-XTRV280
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)1 May 2003 (21 year 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 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistorsno data36 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1.000
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data4

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 8x
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 GB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data6.4 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 compatibility

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

DirectX118.1
OpenGLno data1.4
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

Cyberpunk 2077 8−9 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6 0−1
Battlefield 5 12−14 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 30−35 0−1
Hitman 3 10−12 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35 0−1
Metro Exodus 10−12 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6 0−1
Battlefield 5 12−14 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 30−35 0−1
Hitman 3 10−12 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35 0−1
Metro Exodus 10−12 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 30−35 0−1
Hitman 3 10−12 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50 0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 6−7 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−11 0−1
Hitman 3 9−10 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10 0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1
Hitman 3 1−2 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.80 0.01
Recency 7 January 2010 1 May 2003
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 28 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has a 47900% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 9200, on the other hand, has 328.6% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9200 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook card while Radeon 9200 is a desktop one.


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