GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q 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 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q 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 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q or Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with Terascale 1.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q is 6112 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 9−10
ultra / 1080p 21−24 5−6
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 21−24
medium / 1080p 40−45 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture Pascal Terascale 1
Code name N17P-G1 Max-Q M98-XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 3 January 2018 9 January 2009
Pipelines 768 1600
Core clock speed 550 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 68.02 22.00
Floating-point performance 2,177 gflops 2x 880.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 888 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 6.4 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size medium sized large
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