FirePro W4100 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Place in the ranking	779	697
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Broadway-XT	Cape Verde
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	2 October 2015 (8 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	800	512
Core clock speed	700 MHz	630 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	20.16
Floating-point processing power	1.12 gflops	0.6451 gflops

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
Bus support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	171 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Form factor	no data	low profile / half length
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	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	72 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 outputs	4x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	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	31 −29%	40−45 +29%
Full HD	39 +200%	13 −200%
4K	2−3 −50%	3 +50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−16.7%

7−8
+16.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −37.5%	10−12 +37.5%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −43.8%	21−24 +43.8%
Hitman 3	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −22.7%	27−30 +22.7%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −10.3%	40−45 +10.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −37.5%	10−12 +37.5%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −43.8%	21−24 +43.8%
Hitman 3	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −22.7%	27−30 +22.7%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −10.3%	40−45 +10.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −43.8%	21−24 +43.8%
Hitman 3	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −22.7%	27−30 +22.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −10.3%	40−45 +10.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−42.9%

10−11
+42.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Hitman 3	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −33.3%	24−27 +33.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−33.3%

8−9
+33.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	2−3
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and FirePro W4100 compete in popular games:

FirePro W4100 is 29% faster in 900p
ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 200% faster in 1080p
FirePro W4100 is 50% faster in 4K

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

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the FirePro W4100 is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

FirePro W4100 is ahead in 57 tests (92%)
there's a draw in 5 tests (8%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.96	3.92
Recency	7 January 2010	2 October 2015
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm

FirePro W4100 has a 32.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The FirePro W4100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a notebook card while FirePro W4100 is a workstation one.

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