Radeon 680M vs Mobility HD 5870

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Aggregate performance score

ATI Mobility HD 5870
2010
1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 50 Watt
2.95

680M outperforms Mobility HD 5870 by a whopping 488% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking743294
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.08no data
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameBroadway-XTRDNA 2 Rembrandt
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price$108 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores800768
Core clock speed700 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2400 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million13,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate28.00115.2
Floating-point performance1,120.0 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon 680M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5System 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 2.95
Radeon 680M 17.36
+488%

680M outperforms Mobility HD 5870 by 488% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999
Radeon 680M 34600
+333%

680M outperforms Mobility HD 5870 by 333% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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
−481%
180−190
+481%
Full HD36
−2.8%
37
+2.8%
1440p2−3
−700%
16
+700%
4K1−2
−900%
10
+900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−550%
39
+550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−1040%
55−60
+1040%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−443%
35−40
+443%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−383%
29
+383%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−318%
45−50
+318%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−860%
45−50
+860%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−427%
55−60
+427%
Hitman 3 7−8
−700%
56
+700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−394%
79
+394%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−1633%
50−55
+1633%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−586%
45−50
+586%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−331%
56
+331%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−1200%
39
+1200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−1040%
55−60
+1040%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−443%
35−40
+443%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−250%
21
+250%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−227%
36
+227%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−260%
18
+260%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−427%
55−60
+427%
Hitman 3 7−8
−114%
15
+114%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−281%
61
+281%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−1133%
37
+1133%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−586%
45−50
+586%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−169%
35
+169%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−471%
40
+471%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−1000%
33
+1000%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−443%
35−40
+443%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−183%
17
+183%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−318%
45−50
+318%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−427%
55−60
+427%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−169%
43
+169%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−1033%
34
+1033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−243%
24
+243%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−500%
18
+500%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−586%
45−50
+586%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−560%
30−35
+560%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1000%
30−35
+1000%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−1200%
12−14
+1200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 18−20
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−340%
21−24
+340%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1000%
11
+1000%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−425%
21
+425%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−725%
30−35
+725%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−338%
35−40
+338%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−467%
17
+467%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 10−11
−210%
31
+210%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−533%
18−20
+533%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 24−27
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−533%
18−20
+533%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 7−8

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−275%
14−16
+275%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and Radeon 680M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 680M is 481% faster in 900p
  • Radeon 680M is 3% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon 680M is 700% faster in 1440p
  • Radeon 680M is 900% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 680M is 1633% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Radeon 680M surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5870 in all 56 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.95 17.36
Recency 7 January 2010 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 45 Watt

The Radeon 680M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.


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