ATI Mobility HD 5870 vs AMD R7 M275DX

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Combined performance score

R7 M275DX
3.36
+13.9%

R7 M275DX outperforms Mobility HD 5870 by 14% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking693738
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data1.03
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameno dataBroadway-XT
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2014 (9 years old)7 January 2010 (14 years old)
Current priceno data$108
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores896800
Core clock speedno data700 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data28.00
Floating-point performanceno data1,120.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 M275DX 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 sizemedium sizedlarge
Interfaceno dataMXM-B (3.0)

Memory

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 typeDDR3DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data64 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs
Eyefinity+no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration+no data

API support

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

DirectX1211.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno dataN/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.

R7 M275DX 3.36
+13.9%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 2.95

R7 M275DX outperforms Mobility HD 5870 by 14% in our combined 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%

R7 M275DX 8309
+3.9%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999

R7 M275DX outperforms Mobility HD 5870 by 4% 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:

900p35−40
+12.9%
31
−12.9%
Full HD24
−62.5%
39
+62.5%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+8.3%
12−14
−8.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Hitman 3 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+8.3%
12−14
−8.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Hitman 3 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1

This is how R7 M275DX and ATI Mobility HD 5870 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • R7 M275DX is 12.9% faster than ATI Mobility HD 5870

1080p resolution:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 62.5% faster than R7 M275DX

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the R7 M275DX is 100% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 5870.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R7 M275DX is ahead in 38 tests (72%)
  • there's a draw in 15 tests (28%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.36 2.95
Recency 4 June 2014 7 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

The Radeon R7 M275DX 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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