Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs HD 6990M
Aggregated performance score
HD 6990M outperforms Mobility HD 5870 by 77% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary Details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 578 | 739 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation | 2.06 | 1.05 |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Blackcomb XTX | Broadway-XT |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 July 2011 (12 years ago) | 7 January 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Current price | $190 | $108 |
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
HD 6990M has 96% better value for money than ATI Mobility HD 5870.
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 cores | 1120 | 800 |
| Core clock speed | 715 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,700 million | 1,040 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 40.04 | 28.00 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,601.6 gflops | 1,120.0 gflops |
Form Factor & Compatibility
Information on Radeon HD 6990M and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 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 size | large | large |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s | 64 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 | No outputs |
API Compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
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.
HD 6990M outperforms Mobility HD 5870 by 77% based on our aggregated 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%
HD 6990M outperforms Mobility HD 5870 by 89% 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:
| 900p | 54
+74.2%
| 31
−74.2%
|
| Full HD | 60
+53.8%
| 39
−53.8%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 9−10
+50%
|
6−7
−50%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 10−11
+150%
|
4−5
−150%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 5−6
+150%
|
2−3
−150%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 16−18
+167%
|
6−7
−167%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 16−18
+41.7%
|
12−14
−41.7%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 9−10
+50%
|
6−7
−50%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−12
+175%
|
4−5
−175%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 12−14
+200%
|
4−5
−200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
+113%
|
8−9
−113%
|
| Hitman 3 | 12−14
+100%
|
6−7
−100%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−11
+100%
|
5−6
−100%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−11
+66.7%
|
6−7
−66.7%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 12−14
+44.4%
|
9−10
−44.4%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 7−8
+250%
|
2−3
−250%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 10−11
+150%
|
4−5
−150%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 5−6
+150%
|
2−3
−150%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 16−18
+167%
|
6−7
−167%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 16−18
+41.7%
|
12−14
−41.7%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 9−10
+50%
|
6−7
−50%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−12
+175%
|
4−5
−175%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 12−14
+200%
|
4−5
−200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
+113%
|
8−9
−113%
|
| Hitman 3 | 12−14
+100%
|
6−7
−100%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−11
+100%
|
5−6
−100%
|
| Metro Exodus | 7−8
+75%
|
4−5
−75%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−11
+66.7%
|
6−7
−66.7%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 12−14
+44.4%
|
9−10
−44.4%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
+57.1%
|
7−8
−57.1%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 7−8
+250%
|
2−3
−250%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 10−11
+150%
|
4−5
−150%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 5−6
+150%
|
2−3
−150%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 16−18
+167%
|
6−7
−167%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 9−10
+50%
|
6−7
−50%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−12
+175%
|
4−5
−175%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 12−14
+200%
|
4−5
−200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
+113%
|
8−9
−113%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
+57.1%
|
7−8
−57.1%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 7−8
+250%
|
2−3
−250%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 8−9
+60%
|
5−6
−60%
|
| Hitman 3 | 9−10
+50%
|
6−7
−50%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−12
+10%
|
10−11
−10%
|
| Metro Exodus | 3−4
+200%
|
1−2
−200%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
+200%
|
1−2
−200%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9
+33.3%
|
6−7
−33.3%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
+60%
|
5−6
−60%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6
+150%
|
2−3
−150%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
+600%
|
1−2
−600%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+66.7%
|
3−4
−66.7%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
+100%
|
2−3
−100%
|
| Hitman 3 | 5−6
+66.7%
|
3−4
−66.7%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
+14.3%
|
7−8
−14.3%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
+200%
|
1−2
−200%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
+200%
|
1−2
−200%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
+25%
|
4−5
−25%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 7−8
+16.7%
|
6−7
−16.7%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
+100%
|
2−3
−100%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 0−1 | 0−1 |
This is how HD 6990M and ATI Mobility HD 5870 compete in popular games:
- HD 6990M is 74.2% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5870 in 900p
- HD 6990M is 53.8% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5870 in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6990M is 600% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5870.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, HD 6990M surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5870 in all 53 of our tests.
Pros & Cons Summary
| Performance score | 5.23 | 2.95 |
| Recency | 12 July 2011 | 7 January 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 50 Watt |
The Radeon HD 6990M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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