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    FirePro W5170M vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5170M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W5170M stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, check out specs charts below.
    FirePro W5170M Check Price
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    FirePro W5170M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: FirePro W5170M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 FirePro W5170M or Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 here:

    FirePro W5170M Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 Laptops

    Main Specs

      FirePro W5170M Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • FirePro W5170M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • FirePro W5170M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
    • FirePro W5170M is used in Mobile workstations, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - in Laptops.
    • FirePro W5170M is build with GCN architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with Terascale 1.
    • FirePro W5170M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5170M is 3612 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 9−10
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
    low / 720p 24−27 21−24
    medium / 1080p 12−14 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5170M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

    Full Specs

      FirePro W5170M Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Architecture GCN Terascale 1
    Code name Tropo M98-XT
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 2 October 2015 9 January 2009
    Pipelines 640 1600
    Core clock speed 550 MHz
    Boost Clock 925 MHz
    Transistor count 1,500 million 956 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 37.00 22.00
    Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops 2x 880.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 888 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72 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
    Laptop size large large
    Eyefinity +
    AppAcceleration +
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