Radeon RX 6500 vs ATI Mobility HD 5870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon RX 6500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5870
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
2.74

RX 6500 outperforms Mobility HD 5870 by a whopping 568% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking852335
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.22no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)no data
GPU code nameBroadwayno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (16 years ago)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 cores800no data
Core clock speed700 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,040 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate28.00no data
Floating-point processing power1.12 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs40no data
L1 Cache80 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno data

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)no data

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth64 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no data
VulkanN/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:

900p31
−545%
200−210
+545%
Full HD39
−567%
260−270
+567%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−525%
50−55
+525%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 9−10
−767%
75−80
+767%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−525%
50−55
+525%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−663%
60−65
+663%
Fortnite 14−16
−607%
95−100
+607%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−443%
75−80
+443%
Forza Horizon 5 7−8
−743%
55−60
+743%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−446%
70−75
+446%
Valorant 45−50
−216%
140−150
+216%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 9−10
−767%
75−80
+767%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−525%
50−55
+525%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 50−55
−330%
220−230
+330%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Dota 2 27−30
−296%
100−110
+296%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−663%
60−65
+663%
Fortnite 14−16
−607%
95−100
+607%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−443%
75−80
+443%
Forza Horizon 5 7−8
−743%
55−60
+743%
Grand Theft Auto V 7−8
−886%
65−70
+886%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−700%
40−45
+700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−446%
70−75
+446%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−478%
50−55
+478%
Valorant 45−50
−216%
140−150
+216%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 9−10
−767%
75−80
+767%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Dota 2 27−30
−296%
100−110
+296%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−663%
60−65
+663%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−443%
75−80
+443%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−446%
70−75
+446%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−478%
50−55
+478%
Valorant 45−50
−567%
300−310
+567%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 14−16
−607%
95−100
+607%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 21−24
−543%
130−140
+543%
Metro Exodus 0−1 24−27
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 24−27
−540%
160−170
+540%
Valorant 24−27
−604%
170−180
+604%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−740%
40−45
+740%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−557%
45−50
+557%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 5−6
−760%
40−45
+760%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−127%
30−35
+127%
Valorant 12−14
−715%
100−110
+715%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 8−9
−713%
65−70
+713%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−1500%
30−35
+1500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−533%
18−20
+533%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
−533%
18−20
+533%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

4K
High

Metro Exodus 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and RX 6500 compete in popular games:

  • RX 6500 is 545% faster in 900p
  • RX 6500 is 567% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Far Cry 5, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6500 is 2000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6500 performs better in 38 tests (88%)
  • there's a draw in 5 tests (12%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 2.74 18.31

RX 6500 has a 568% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon RX 6500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.

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