GeForce2 Go vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and GeForce2 Go, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
ATI Mobility HD 5870 outperforms GeForce2 Go by a whopping 29600% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 784 | 1512 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.10 | 0.34 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | Broadway | NV11 B2 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (15 years ago) | 11 November 2000 (24 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 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 143 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,040 million | 20 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 2 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.00 | 0.57 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.12 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 2 |
| TMUs | 40 | 4 |
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 |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | AGP 4x |
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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 5.312 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 7.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
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 | -0−1 |
| Full HD | 38 | -0−1 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Elden Ring | 6−7 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 1−2 | 0−1 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 8−9 | 0−1 |
| Elden Ring | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 8−9 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 27−30 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| World of Tanks | 50−55 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 8−9 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 27−30 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 1−2 | 0−1 |
1440p
High Preset
| Dota 2 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Elden Ring | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| World of Tanks | 20−22 | 0−1 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 10−11 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Dota 2 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Elden Ring | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14−16 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 3−4 | 0−1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.97 | 0.01 |
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 11 November 2000 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 2 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 5870 has a 29600% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.
GeForce2 Go, on the other hand, has 2400% lower power consumption.
The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce2 Go in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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