HD Graphics 3000 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and HD Graphics 3000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5870
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
2.56
+349%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by a whopping 349% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7931200
Place by popularitynot in top-10093
Power efficiency4.08no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Generation 6.0 (2011)
GPU code nameBroadwaySandy Bridge GT2+
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)1 February 2011 (14 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 cores80096
Core clock speed700 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1300 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million1,160 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate28.0015.60
Floating-point processing power1.12 TFLOPS0.2496 TFLOPS
ROPs162
TMUs4012

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)Ring Bus

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth64 GB/sno data
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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.43.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

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.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 2.56
+349%
HD Graphics 3000 0.57

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
+410%
HD Graphics 3000 1568

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
+417%
6−7
−417%
Full HD39
+333%
9
−333%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Battlefield 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Fortnite 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Forza Horizon 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Valorant 45−50
+55.2%
27−30
−55.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Battlefield 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 50−55
+382%
11
−382%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Dota 2 27−30
+238%
8
−238%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Fortnite 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Forza Horizon 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Grand Theft Auto V 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Metro Exodus 5−6 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Valorant 45−50
+55.2%
27−30
−55.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Dota 2 27−30
+286%
7
−286%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Valorant 45−50
+55.2%
27−30
−55.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3 0−1
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 24−27
+300%
6−7
−300%
Valorant 24−27
+420%
5−6
−420%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%
Valorant 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Dota 2 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and HD Graphics 3000 compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 417% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 333% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, ATI Mobility HD 5870 surpassed HD Graphics 3000 in all 31 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.56 0.57
Recency 7 January 2010 1 February 2011
Chip lithography 40 nm 32 nm

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has a 349.1% higher aggregate performance score.

HD Graphics 3000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 3000 in performance tests.

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