GeForce 9500M G vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Place in the ranking	786	1322
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.09	1.07
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Broadway	G96
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	3 June 2008 (16 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	16
Core clock speed	700 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	4.000
Floating-point processing power	1.12 TFLOPS	0.04 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	no data	60
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	40	8

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	medium sized
Interface	MXM-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	25.6 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	-	+

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 +933%	3−4 −933%
Full HD	38 +1167%	3−4 −1167%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +133%	6−7 −133%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4	0−1
Metro Exodus	5−6	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Valorant	4−5	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Dota 2	8−9	0−1
Far Cry 5	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%
Fortnite	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +133%	6−7 −133%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	8−9	0−1
Metro Exodus	5−6	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +350%	6−7 −350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Valorant	4−5	0−1
World of Tanks	50−55 +308%	12−14 −308%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Dota 2	8−9	0−1
Far Cry 5	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +133%	6−7 −133%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +350%	6−7 −350%
Valorant	4−5	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	1−2	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +950%	2−3 −950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
World of Tanks	20−22 +900%	2−3 −900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	3−4	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Valorant	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Dota 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Fortnite	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	1−2	0−1
Valorant	3−4	0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and 9500M G compete in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 933% faster in 900p
ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 1167% faster in 1080p

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5870 is ahead in 29 tests (91%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (9%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.86	0.30
Recency	7 January 2010	3 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	20 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has a 853.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

9500M G, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9500M G in performance tests.

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