ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire vs AMD R9 M370X

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Combined performance score

R9 M370X
3.98

Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire outperforms R9 M370X by 22% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking651598
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameCape VerdeBroadway-XT
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date19 May 2015 (8 years old)7 January 2010 (14 years old)
Current priceno data$56

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores6401600
Core clock speed800 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors1500 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data120 Watt

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M370X and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedlarge

Memory

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 typeGDDR5DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2x1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4500 MHz1000 MHz
Shared memory--

API support

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)11

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 M370X 3.98
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 4.85
+21.9%

Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire outperforms R9 M370X by 22% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R9 M370X 13155
+0.8%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 13046

R9 M370X outperforms Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by 1% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p40−45
−32.5%
53
+32.5%
Full HD34
−58.8%
54
+58.8%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Battlefield 5 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%
Hitman 3 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Battlefield 5 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%
Hitman 3 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 15
+50%
10−11
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Battlefield 5 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
−25%
10−11
+25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

This is how R9 M370X and ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 32.5% faster than R9 M370X

1080p resolution:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 58.8% faster than R9 M370X

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R9 M370X is 50% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 200% faster than the R9 M370X.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R9 M370X is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is ahead in 50 tests (83%)
  • there's a draw in 9 tests (15%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.98 4.85
Recency 19 May 2015 7 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M370X in performance tests.


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