Radeon RX Vega 7 vs Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

Place in performance ranking	604	503
Place by popularity	not in top-100	10
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	10.90
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	Broadway-XT	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price	$56	$387

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	448
Core clock speed	700 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon RX Vega 7 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 size

large

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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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2x1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX

12_1

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 Vega 7 7.41
+52.2%

RX Vega 7 outperforms Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by 52% based on our aggregate 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 Vega 7 17714
+35.8%

RX Vega 7 outperforms Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by 36% 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 −50.9%	80−85 +50.9%
Full HD	51 +122%	23 −122%
1440p	24−27 −54.2%	37 +54.2%
4K	9−10 −66.7%	15 +66.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8−9

−125%

18
+125%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −110%	21 +110%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −375%	19 +375%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −83.3%	21−24 +83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −54.5%	17 +54.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −75%	14 +75%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −70%	17 +70%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −50%	21−24 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −60.9%	37 +60.9%
Hitman 3	9−10 −55.6%	14 +55.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −64%	41 +64%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −200%	27 +200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −108%	27 +108%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −70.6%	29 +70.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 +29.4%	17 −29.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −70%	17 +70%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −275%	15 +275%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −83.3%	21−24 +83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −63.6%	18 +63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −25%	10 +25%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −70%	16−18 +70%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −50%	21−24 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −56.5%	35−40 +56.5%
Hitman 3	9−10 +28.6%	7 −28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −192%	73 +192%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −122%	20 +122%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −53.8%	20 +53.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −41.2%	24 +41.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −72.7%	19 +72.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −264%	80 +264%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −50%	14−16 +50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −125%	9−10 +125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −36.4%	14−16 +36.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −12.5%	9 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −70%	16−18 +70%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −17.4%	27 +17.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +13.6%	22 −13.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −23.5%	21 +23.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −18.2%	13 +18.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −31.8%	27−30 +31.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−38.5%

18
+38.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −62.5%	12−14 +62.5%
Hitman 3	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −45.5%	16−18 +45.5%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−44.4%

12−14
+44.4%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Hitman 3	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
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	1−2
Far Cry 5	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−40%

7−8
+40%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and RX Vega 7 compete in popular games:

RX Vega 7 is 51% faster in 900p
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 122% faster in 1080p
RX Vega 7 is 54% faster in 1440p
RX Vega 7 is 67% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 29% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 7 is 375% faster.

All in all, in popular games: