ATI FirePro M5800 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 with FirePro M5800, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5870
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
2.85
+107%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 outperforms ATI M5800 by a whopping 107% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7901006
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.083.80
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBroadwayMadison
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)1 March 2010 (14 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 cores800400
Core clock speed700 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate28.0013.00
Floating-point processing power1.12 TFLOPS0.52 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4020

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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s51.2 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 outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 2.85
+107%
ATI M5800 1.38

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.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999
+113%
ATI M5800 3760

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:

900p31
+121%
14−16
−121%
Full HD38
+81%
21
−81%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Metro Exodus 5−6 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Valorant 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Dota 2 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
Fortnite 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Grand Theft Auto V 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Metro Exodus 5−6 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+80%
14−16
−80%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Valorant 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
World of Tanks 50−55
+76.7%
30−33
−76.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Dota 2 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+80%
14−16
−80%
Valorant 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 1−2 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1
World of Tanks 20−22
+150%
8−9
−150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Valorant 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Fortnite 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 1−2 0−1
Valorant 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and ATI M5800 compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 121% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 81% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is ahead in 38 tests (90%)
  • there's a draw in 4 tests (10%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.85 1.38
Recency 7 January 2010 1 March 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 26 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has a 106.5% higher aggregate performance score.

ATI M5800, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, and 92.3% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro M5800 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a notebook graphics card while FirePro M5800 is a mobile workstation 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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