AMD · Radeon HD 5000 Series

AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870

The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a graphics card. It has 1 GB of video memory and a 50 W board power rating. It scores 1,079 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.

3/10 key specs recorded · 14 facts

Depth: 26 recorded fields, 4 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 25, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark. Coverage: 3 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

1 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

50 W

Performance

The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 scores 1,079 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 56.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,341), measured across 827 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 224.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,079

Rank #1,341
Faster than 56.1% of 2,658 GPUs
827 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 28 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 44.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 5 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 35.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 9 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 29.6% of 1,430 GPUs

GPU Compute 485 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 26.6% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 averages DirectX 9 28 fps, DirectX 10 5 fps, DirectX 11 9 fps and GPU Compute 485 ops/s, across 827 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe x16 2.1

Max memory 1 GB

Core clock 700 MHz

Memory clock 1000 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.4

Max TDP 50 W

First benchmarked 2012-07-11

Samples 827

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 states the PCIe x16 2.1 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 700 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2012-07-11. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is equipped with 1 GB of memory.

Board and power

The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 has a board power rating of 50 W and it connects over PCIe x16 2.1.

Board power (TDP) 50 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe x16 2.1

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon HD 5000 Series

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,079

PassMark G2D 224

Rank #1,341

Samples 827

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.4

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Other names (PassMark) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 have?

The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 has 1 GB of video memory.

How much power does the AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 has a board power rating of 50 W.

How fast is the AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870?

The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 scores 1,079 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 56.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,341.