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    FirePro W7170M vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W7170M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870, 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 W7170M stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4870, check out specs charts below.
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    FirePro W7170M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: FirePro W7170M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 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 W7170M or Mobility Radeon HD 4870 here:

    FirePro W7170M Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 4870 Laptops

    Main Specs

      FirePro W7170M Mobility Radeon HD 4870
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • FirePro W7170M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • FirePro W7170M has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
    • FirePro W7170M is used in Mobile workstations, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - in Laptops.
    • FirePro W7170M is build with GCN 3 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - with Terascale 1.
    • Core clock speed of FirePro W7170M is 173 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
    • FirePro W7170M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of FirePro W7170M is 4112 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 20−22 7−8
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 4−5
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 35−40 16−18
    medium / 1080p 24−27 8−9
    The average gaming FPS of FirePro W7170M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 166% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

    Full Specs

      FirePro W7170M Mobility Radeon HD 4870
    Architecture GCN 3 Terascale 1
    Code name Tonga M98-XT
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 2 October 2015 9 January 2009
    Pipelines 2048 800
    Core clock speed 723 MHz 550 MHz
    Transistor count 5,000 million 956 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 92.54 22.00
    Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops 880.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 888 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 56.83 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_0) 10.1 (10_1)
    Shader Model 6.3 4.1
    OpenGL 4.6 3.3
    OpenCL 2.0 1.1
    Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
    Laptop size large large
    Eyefinity +
    AppAcceleration +
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