Radeon RX 560X vs ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire with Radeon RX 560X, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.89

RX 560X outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by an impressive 68% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking645518
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.807.53
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameBroadway-XTPolaris 21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)11 April 2018 (6 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 cores16001024
Core clock speed700 MHz1175 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1275 MHz
Number of transistorsno data3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rateno data81.60
Floating-point processing powerno data2.611 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data64

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 x8
Lengthno data170 mm
Widthno data2-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 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data112.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX1112 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
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
−60.4%
85−90
+60.4%
Full HD54
−66.7%
90−95
+66.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Fortnite 27−30
−66.7%
45−50
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−66.7%
35−40
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 5 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−66.7%
30−33
+66.7%
Valorant 55−60
−63.8%
95−100
+63.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 80−85
−62.5%
130−140
+62.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Dota 2 40−45
−62.5%
65−70
+62.5%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Fortnite 27−30
−66.7%
45−50
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−66.7%
35−40
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 5 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−60%
24−27
+60%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−66.7%
30−33
+66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Valorant 55−60
−63.8%
95−100
+63.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Dota 2 40−45
−62.5%
65−70
+62.5%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−66.7%
35−40
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 5 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−66.7%
30−33
+66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Valorant 55−60
−63.8%
95−100
+63.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 27−30
−66.7%
45−50
+66.7%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
−57.1%
55−60
+57.1%
Grand Theft Auto V 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−56.3%
50−55
+56.3%
Valorant 50−55
−60%
80−85
+60%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Forza Horizon 5 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−50%
24−27
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Valorant 21−24
−52.2%
35−40
+52.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Dota 2 14−16
−60%
24−27
+60%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and RX 560X compete in popular games:

  • RX 560X is 60% faster in 900p
  • RX 560X is 67% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.89 8.22
Recency 7 January 2010 11 April 2018
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt

RX 560X has a 68.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 60% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 560X 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 card while Radeon RX 560X is a desktop one.

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