ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs HD 6790

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6790 with Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, including specs and performance data.

HD 6790
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
4.19
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.78
+14.1%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire outperforms HD 6790 by a moderate 14% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking678634
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.76no data
Power efficiency1.932.76
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBartsBroadway-XT
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 April 2011 (13 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores8001600
Core clock speed840 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate33.60no data
Floating-point processing power1.344 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs40no 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length198 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 typeGDDR5DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2x1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth134.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

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

HD 6790 4.19
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 4.78
+14.1%

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.

HD 6790 13637
+4.5%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 13046

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:

900p52
−1.9%
53
+1.9%
Full HD58
+11.5%
52
−11.5%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.57no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−8.3%
12−14
+8.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Battlefield 5 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−24%
30−35
+24%
Hitman 3 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−14.3%
30−35
+14.3%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−7%
45−50
+7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−8.3%
12−14
+8.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Battlefield 5 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−24%
30−35
+24%
Hitman 3 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−14.3%
30−35
+14.3%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−7%
45−50
+7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−8.3%
12−14
+8.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−24%
30−35
+24%
Hitman 3 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−14.3%
30−35
+14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−7%
45−50
+7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Hitman 3 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Metro Exodus 0−1 2−3
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
−19.2%
30−35
+19.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 0−1 1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how HD 6790 and ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 2% faster in 900p
  • HD 6790 is 12% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is ahead in 54 tests (82%)
  • there's a draw in 12 tests (18%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.19 4.78
Recency 4 April 2011 7 January 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 120 Watt

HD 6790 has an age advantage of 1 year.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire, on the other hand, has a 14.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 25% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6790 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6790 is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook one.


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