Radeon RX 7700 XT vs ATI Mobility HD 5870

Place in the ranking	790	43
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	71.38
Power efficiency	4.08	16.37
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Broadway	Navi 32
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	25 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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	3456
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1435 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2544 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	245 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	549.5
Floating-point processing power	1.12 TFLOPS	35.17 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	96
TMUs	40	216
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	54

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)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	432.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.7
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.3

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 2.85

RX 7700 XT 55.99
+1865%

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

RX 7700 XT 126733
+1484%

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 −1835%	600−650 +1835%
Full HD	38 −395%	188 +395%
1440p	5−6 −1960%	103 +1960%
4K	3−4 −1867%	59 +1867%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.39
1440p	no data	4.36
4K	no data	7.61

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1500%	176 +1500%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −2657%	193 +2657%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1571%	110−120 +1571%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1218%	145 +1218%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1029%	79 +1029%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −2743%	398 +2743%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −4800%	140−150 +4800%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −3040%	157 +3040%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −873%	100−110 +873%
Valorant	4−5 −6400%	260−270 +6400%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1571%	110−120 +1571%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1000%	121 +1000%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −843%	66 +843%
Dota 2	8−9 −1975%	166 +1975%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −488%	100 +488%
Fortnite	16−18 −1338%	230−240 +1338%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −2286%	334 +2286%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −4800%	140−150 +4800%
Grand Theft Auto V	8−9 −1975%	166 +1975%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −2540%	132 +2540%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −696%	210−220 +696%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −873%	100−110 +873%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −1482%	170−180 +1482%
Valorant	4−5 −6400%	260−270 +6400%
World of Tanks	50−55 −426%	270−280 +426%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1571%	110−120 +1571%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −900%	110 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −771%	61 +771%
Dota 2	8−9 −1775%	150−160 +1775%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −594%	110−120 +594%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −1950%	287 +1950%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −4800%	140−150 +4800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −696%	210−220 +696%
Valorant	4−5 −6400%	260−270 +6400%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	1−2 −10400%	105 +10400%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3 −5150%	105 +5150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	20−22 −775%	170−180 +775%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −3250%	65−70 +3250%
World of Tanks	20−22 −1820%	350−400 +1820%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −2800%	85−90 +2800%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −900%	40 +900%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −2186%	160−170 +2186%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −9550%	193 +9550%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −3400%	100−110 +3400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −1900%	120 +1900%
Valorant	10−11 −2160%	220−230 +2160%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −600%	112 +600%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −647%	112 +647%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −2500%	200−210 +2500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2100%	40−45 +2100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −600%	112 +600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −3600%	70−75 +3600%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −800%	18 +800%
Dota 2	16−18 −1775%	300−310 +1775%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −3400%	100−110 +3400%
Fortnite	1−2 −9500%	95−100 +9500%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −9600%	97 +9600%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2 −6200%	60−65 +6200%
Valorant	3−4 −4133%	120−130 +4133%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Metro Exodus

134

+0%

134

+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Metro Exodus	57 +0%	57 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2

+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and RX 7700 XT compete in popular games:

RX 7700 XT is 1835% faster in 900p
RX 7700 XT is 395% faster in 1080p
RX 7700 XT is 1960% faster in 1440p
RX 7700 XT is 1867% 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 RX 7700 XT is 10400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 7700 XT is ahead in 57 tests (93%)
there's a draw in 4 tests (7%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.85	55.99
Recency	7 January 2010	25 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	245 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has 390% lower power consumption.

RX 7700 XT, on the other hand, has a 1864.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7700 XT 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 Radeon RX 7700 XT is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.