Radeon R7 350 vs ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire with Radeon R7 350, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.69

R7 350 outperforms Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking687666
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.007.15
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameBroadway-XTCape Verde
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)6 July 2016 (9 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 cores1600512
Core clock speed700 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt55 Watt
Texture fill rateno data25.60
Floating-point processing powerno data0.8192 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32
L1 Cacheno data128 KB
L2 Cacheno data256 KB

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 dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
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, GDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data72 GB/s
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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX1112 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131

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
−3.8%
55−60
+3.8%
Full HD54
−1.9%
55−60
+1.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 18−20
+5.6%
18−20
−5.6%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Fortnite 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
−7.7%
14−16
+7.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+5.6%
18−20
−5.6%
Valorant 60−65
−8.3%
65−70
+8.3%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 18−20
+5.6%
18−20
−5.6%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 80−85
−3.7%
85−90
+3.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Dota 2 40−45
+2.5%
40−45
−2.5%
Escape from Tarkov 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Fortnite 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
−7.7%
14−16
+7.7%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+5.6%
18−20
−5.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 60−65
−8.3%
65−70
+8.3%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 18−20
+5.6%
18−20
−5.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Dota 2 40−45
+2.5%
40−45
−2.5%
Escape from Tarkov 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+5.6%
18−20
−5.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 60−65
−8.3%
65−70
+8.3%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
+2.9%
35−40
−2.9%
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Valorant 50−55
−5.8%
55−60
+5.8%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and R7 350 compete in popular games:

  • R7 350 is 4% faster in 900p
  • R7 350 is 2% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.69 5.12
Recency 7 January 2010 6 July 2016
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 55 Watt

R7 350 has a 9.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 118.2% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon R7 350.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R7 350 is a desktop one.

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