GeForce GT 745M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Place in the ranking	784	795
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.10	4.37
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Broadway	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	1 April 2013 (11 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	384
Core clock speed	700 MHz	549 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	17.57
Floating-point processing power	1.12 TFLOPS	0.4216 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	40	32

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
Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Standard memory configuration	no data	DDR3/GDDR5
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	64 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	No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support	no data	Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support	no data	Up to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display support	no data	Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	no data	Up to 3840x2160
HDMI	-	+
HDCP content protection	-	+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	-	+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	-	+

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support	-	+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	-	+
Optimus	-	+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 API
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	-	+

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 2.97
+4.2%

GT 745M 2.85

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

GT 745M 9045
+13.1%

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 −6.5%	33 +6.5%
Full HD	38 +35.7%	28 −35.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Elden Ring	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Valorant	1−2	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Dota 2	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Elden Ring	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +6.3%	16−18 −6.3%
Fortnite	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +3.8%	24−27 −3.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Valorant	1−2	0−1
World of Tanks	50−55 −13.2%	60 +13.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Dota 2	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +6.3%	16−18 −6.3%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +3.8%	24−27 −3.8%
Valorant	1−2	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	0−1	0−1
Elden Ring	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +5%	20−22 −5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
World of Tanks	20−22 +5.3%	18−20 −5.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Valorant	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%

4K
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

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

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and GT 745M compete in popular games:

GT 745M is 6% faster in 900p
ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 36% faster in 1080p

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

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 100% faster.
in World of Tanks, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GT 745M is 13% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5870 is ahead in 15 tests (28%)
GT 745M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
there's a draw in 38 tests (70%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.97	2.85
Recency	7 January 2010	1 April 2013
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has a 4.2% higher aggregate performance score.

GT 745M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 11.1% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and GeForce GT 745M.

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