Radeon RX 560X vs ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

Place in the ranking	640	498
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.79	7.96
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Broadway-XT	Polaris 21
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 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 cores	1600	1024
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1175 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1275 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	81.60
Floating-point processing power	no data	2.611 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	16
TMUs	no data	64

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 3.0 x8
Length	no data	170 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 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 Connectors	no data	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
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:

900p	53 −69.8%	90−95 +69.8%
Full HD	54 −75.9%	95−100 +75.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8−9
−75%

14−16

+75%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −61.5%	21−24 +61.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −75%	21−24 +75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −71.4%	24−27 +71.4%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −77.4%	55−60 +77.4%
Hitman 3	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −71.9%	55−60 +71.9%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −61.5%	21−24 +61.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −66.7%	30−33 +66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −73.9%	80−85 +73.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −61.5%	21−24 +61.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −75%	21−24 +75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −71.4%	24−27 +71.4%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −77.4%	55−60 +77.4%
Hitman 3	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −71.9%	55−60 +71.9%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −61.5%	21−24 +61.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −66.7%	30−33 +66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −66.7%	30−33 +66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −73.9%	80−85 +73.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −61.5%	21−24 +61.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −77.4%	55−60 +77.4%
Hitman 3	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −71.9%	55−60 +71.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −66.7%	30−33 +66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −66.7%	30−33 +66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −73.9%	80−85 +73.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−61.5%

21−24
+61.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −77.8%	16−18 +77.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Hitman 3	9−10 −77.8%	16−18 +77.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −77.4%	55−60 +77.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
−77.8%

16−18

+77.8%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Hitman 3	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−60%

8−9
+60%

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

RX 560X is 70% faster in 900p
RX 560X is 76% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.80	8.56
Recency	7 January 2010	11 April 2018
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	75 Watt

RX 560X has a 78.3% 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.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.