Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs vs Radeon HD 5870

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 5870 with Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs, including specs and performance data.

ATI HD 5870
2009
1 GB GDDR5, 188 Watt
5.74

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs outperforms ATI HD 5870 by a substantial 30% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking565501
Place by popularitynot in top-10068
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.98no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameCypressTiger Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 September 2009 (14 years ago)15 August 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data
Current price$125 (0.3x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores160080
Core clock speed850 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1350 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)188 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rate68.00no data
Floating-point performance2,720.0 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 5870 and Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length282 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed4800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12_1
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no data
VulkanN/Ano data

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 HD 5870 5.74
Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs 7.45
+29.8%

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs outperforms Radeon HD 5870 by 30% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

ATI HD 5870 2530
Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs 3987
+57.6%

Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs outperforms Radeon HD 5870 by 58% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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:

Full HD12−14
−50%
18
+50%
1440p7−8
−42.9%
10
+42.9%
4K10−12
−50%
15
+50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−40%
14
+40%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−35.7%
19
+35.7%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−37.5%
21−24
+37.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−30%
13
+30%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−41.7%
16−18
+41.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−33.3%
35−40
+33.3%
Hitman 3 12−14
−33.3%
16
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−33.3%
32
+33.3%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−40.7%
38
+40.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−42.9%
30
+42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−33.3%
16
+33.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−33.3%
16
+33.3%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−37.5%
21−24
+37.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−42.9%
10
+42.9%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−41.7%
16−18
+41.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−33.3%
35−40
+33.3%
Hitman 3 12−14
−33.3%
16
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−41.7%
30−35
+41.7%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−38.9%
25
+38.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−33.3%
24
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−37.5%
22
+37.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−40%
49
+40%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−33.3%
8
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−41.7%
16−18
+41.7%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−33.3%
35−40
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−33.3%
16
+33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−42.9%
20
+42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−37.5%
11
+37.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−38.1%
27−30
+38.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−33.3%
12
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−30%
12−14
+30%
Hitman 3 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−33.3%
16
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−42.9%
10
+42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−30%
12−14
+30%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Hitman 3 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%

This is how ATI HD 5870 and Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs compete in popular games:

  • Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is 50% faster in 1080p
  • Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is 43% faster in 1440p
  • Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is 50% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.74 7.45
Recency 23 September 2009 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 188 Watt 28 Watt

The Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5870 is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is a notebook one.


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