FirePro S9050 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro S9050 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro S9050 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro S9050 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro S9050 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro S9050 has 10 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • FirePro S9050 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - in Laptops.
  • FirePro S9050 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro S9050 is 350 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • FirePro S9050 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S9050 is 4612 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 9−10
ultra / 1080p 12−14 5−6
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 21−24
medium / 1080p 24−27 12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S9050 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  FirePro S9050 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 1
Code name Tahiti M98-XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 7 August 2014 9 January 2009
Pipelines 1792 1600
Core clock speed 900 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 22.00
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 2x 880.0 gflops
Length 254 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 888 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
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