Radeon RX 7700 XT vs Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

Place in performance ranking	599	34
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	40.15
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	Broadway-XT	Navi 32
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	25 August 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$449
Current price	$56	$443 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

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 cores	1600	3456
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2544 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	245 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	549.5

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon RX 7700 XT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2x1 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	432.0 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 HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.2
Vulkan	no data	1.3

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.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 4.87

RX 7700 XT 56.89
+1068%

RX 7700 XT outperforms Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by 1068% based on our aggregated 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%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 13046

RX 7700 XT 126733
+871%

RX 7700 XT outperforms Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by 871% 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:

900p	53 −1032%	600−650 +1032%
Full HD	54 −244%	186 +244%
1440p	8−9 −1175%	102 +1175%
4K	5−6 −1080%	59 +1080%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8−9

−2313%

193
+2313%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −1733%	165 +1733%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −4400%	180 +4400%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −914%	140−150 +914%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −850%	150−160 +850%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −1875%	158 +1875%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −1780%	188 +1780%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −1327%	157 +1327%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1638%	278 +1638%
Hitman 3	10−12 −1536%	180−190 +1536%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −1278%	120−130 +1278%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −933%	90−95 +933%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1917%	242 +1917%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −1550%	95−100 +1550%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −1544%	148 +1544%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −3625%	149 +3625%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −914%	140−150 +914%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −850%	150−160 +850%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −1550%	132 +1550%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −1710%	181 +1710%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −1273%	151 +1273%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1600%	272 +1600%
Hitman 3	10−12 −1536%	180−190 +1536%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −1278%	120−130 +1278%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −2071%	152 +2071%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −933%	90−95 +933%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1642%	209 +1642%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −2850%	295 +2850%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −1550%	95−100 +1550%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −1244%	121 +1244%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −3200%	132 +3200%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −914%	140−150 +914%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −1425%	122 +1425%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −1570%	167 +1570%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −1136%	136 +1136%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1344%	231 +1344%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −1580%	168 +1580%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −1550%	95−100 +1550%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −1163%	100−110 +1163%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1375%	110−120 +1375%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −709%	85−90 +709%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −2900%	90 +2900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1567%	50−55 +1567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −1550%	132 +1550%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3167%	98 +3167%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3900%	80 +3900%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1863%	157 +1863%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −3250%	134 +3250%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −3183%	197 +3183%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −2900%	120 +2900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	55−60

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1867%	55−60 +1867%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1200%	65−70 +1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −686%	55−60 +686%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1550%	30−35 +1550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −6500%	66 +6500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −8800%	89 +8800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −2800%	58 +2800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −2850%	59 +2850%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	36
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1540%	82 +1540%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −1171%	89 +1171%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −4367%	134 +4367%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	30−35

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and RX 7700 XT compete in popular games:

RX 7700 XT is 1032% faster in 900p
RX 7700 XT is 244% faster in 1080p
RX 7700 XT is 1175% faster in 1440p
RX 7700 XT is 1080% faster in 4K

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 7700 XT is 8800% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RX 7700 XT surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire in all 61 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.87	56.89
Recency	7 January 2010	25 August 2023
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	245 Watt

The Radeon RX 7700 XT 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 7700 XT is a desktop one.

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

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