ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 and ATI Mobility Radeon X2500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Radeon HD 5870

ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 460 MHz
Around 85% higher boost clock speed: 850 MHz vs 460 MHz
37x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 1.84 GTexel / s
133.3x more pipelines: 1600 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 800 MHz
26.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2199 vs 82
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 September 2009 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 460 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz vs 460 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 1.84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2199 vs 82
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5870
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2199

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

416

235

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5870	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
PassMark - G3D Mark	2199	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	416	235
Geekbench - OpenCL	1858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	245.813
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5870	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Cypress	M66
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	23 September 2009	1 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	770	772
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	460 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	460 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1600	12
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	1.84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	188 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	282 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	64 / 128
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
Powerplay 6.0