GeForce RTX 4060 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 with GeForce RTX 4060, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5870
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
2.86

RTX 4060 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 by a whopping 1632% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking78654
Place by popularitynot in top-1002
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data100.00
Power efficiency4.0930.82
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameBroadwayAD107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores8003072
Core clock speed700 MHz1830 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2460 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate28.00236.2
Floating-point processing power1.12 TFLOPS15.11 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs4096
Tensor Coresno data96
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz2125 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s272.0 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 outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.8
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

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 2.86
RTX 4060 49.53
+1632%

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
RTX 4060 107451
+1243%

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
−1513%
500−550
+1513%
Full HD38
−261%
137
+261%
1440p4−5
−1650%
70
+1650%
4K2−3
−1900%
40
+1900%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.18
1440pno data4.27
4Kno data7.48

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 10−12
−1127%
135
+1127%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1886%
139
+1886%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−1557%
110−120
+1557%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
−891%
109
+891%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−671%
54
+671%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1843%
272
+1843%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
−4233%
130−140
+4233%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−3200%
165
+3200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−773%
95−100
+773%
Valorant 4−5
−5325%
210−220
+5325%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−1557%
110−120
+1557%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
−727%
91
+727%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−543%
45
+543%
Dota 2 8−9
−1838%
155
+1838%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−776%
149
+776%
Fortnite 16−18
−1200%
200−210
+1200%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1450%
217
+1450%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
−4233%
130−140
+4233%
Grand Theft Auto V 8−9
−1875%
158
+1875%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−2260%
118
+2260%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
−696%
210−220
+696%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−773%
95−100
+773%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−1482%
170−180
+1482%
Valorant 4−5
−5325%
210−220
+5325%
World of Tanks 50−55
−426%
270−280
+426%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−1557%
110−120
+1557%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
−591%
76
+591%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−471%
40
+471%
Dota 2 8−9
−1525%
130−140
+1525%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−547%
110−120
+547%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1257%
190
+1257%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
−4233%
130−140
+4233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
−696%
210−220
+696%
Valorant 4−5
−5325%
210−220
+5325%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 1−2
−8900%
90
+8900%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3
−4400%
90
+4400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
−733%
170−180
+733%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−2700%
55−60
+2700%
World of Tanks 20−22
−1550%
300−350
+1550%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−2700%
80−85
+2700%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−500%
24
+500%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−2171%
150−160
+2171%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−6350%
129
+6350%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
−2900%
90−95
+2900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−1567%
100−105
+1567%
Valorant 10−11
−1750%
180−190
+1750%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−222%
27−30
+222%
Dota 2 16−18
−456%
89
+456%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−493%
89
+493%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−2113%
170−180
+2113%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1700%
35−40
+1700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−493%
89
+493%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−3100%
60−65
+3100%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−400%
10
+400%
Dota 2 16−18
−1588%
270−280
+1588%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2800%
85−90
+2800%
Fortnite 1−2
−8200%
80−85
+8200%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−6900%
70
+6900%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−5200%
50−55
+5200%
Valorant 3−4
−3300%
100−110
+3300%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Metro Exodus 111
+0%
111
+0%

4K
High Preset

Metro Exodus 38
+0%
38
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and RTX 4060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 is 1513% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4060 is 261% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4060 is 1650% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4060 is 1900% faster in 4K

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

  • in Dota 2, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 4060 is 8900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 is ahead in 58 tests (94%)
  • there's a draw in 4 tests (6%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.86 49.53
Recency 7 January 2010 18 May 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 115 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has 130% lower power consumption.

RTX 4060, on the other hand, has a 1631.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4060 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 GeForce RTX 4060 is a desktop one.


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