GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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 GeForce GTX 550 Ti stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4870, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is a Laptop Graphics Card
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4870 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 here:
Main Specs
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Power consumption (TDP)
116 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
No outputs
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Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
GeForce GTX 550 Ti is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - in Laptops.
GeForce GTX 550 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - with Terascale 1.
Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 550 Ti is 350 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
GeForce GTX 550 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is 884 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
7−8
7−8
ultra / 1080p
4−5
4−5
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
16−18
medium / 1080p
9−10
8−9
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 550 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
12−14
12−14
ultra / 1080p
10−12
10−11
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
24−27
24−27
medium / 1080p
12−14
12−14
GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have the same average FPS in Battlefield 5.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
140−150
140−150
medium / 768p
110−120
110−120
ultra / 1080p
55−60
55−60
QHD / 1440p
30−35
30−33
4K / 2160p
27−30
27−30
high / 768p
85−90
80−85
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 550 Ti in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 1% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
21−24
20−22
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p
80−85
80−85
medium / 768p
60−65
60−65
ultra / 1080p
35−40
35−40
GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have the same average FPS in Dota 2.
high / 1080p
9−10
8−9
ultra / 1080p
8−9
8−9
4K / 2160p
4−5
3−4
low / 720p
20−22
18−20
medium / 1080p
9−10
9−10
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 550 Ti in Far Cry 5 is 11% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
16−18
14−16
ultra / 1080p
10−12
10−11
low / 720p
60−65
60−65
medium / 1080p
24−27
24−27
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 550 Ti in Fortnite is 3% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
12−14
12−14
ultra / 1080p
10−12
10−12
QHD / 1440p
1−2
1−2
low / 720p
27−30
27−30
medium / 1080p
14−16
14−16
GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have the same average FPS in Forza Horizon 4.
low / 768p
55−60
50−55
medium / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
12−14
12−14
ultra / 1080p
7−8
6−7
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 550 Ti in Grand Theft Auto V is 6% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
5−6
5−6
ultra / 1080p
3−4
3−4
4K / 2160p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
12−14
medium / 1080p
7−8
6−7
GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have the same average FPS in Metro Exodus.
low / 768p
95−100
95−100
high / 1080p
90−95
90−95
ultra / 1080p
80−85
80−85
medium / 1080p
90−95
90−95
GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have the same average FPS in Minecraft.
high / 1080p
16−18
16−18
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
low / 720p
30−35
30−35
medium / 1080p
18−20
18−20
GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS.
ultra / 1080p
8−9
7−8
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
12−14
medium / 1080p
10−12
10−12
GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have the same average FPS in Red Dead Redemption 2.
low / 768p
27−30
24−27
medium / 768p
18−20
16−18
high / 1080p
10−11
9−10
ultra / 1080p
6−7
6−7
4K / 2160p
6−7
6−7
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 550 Ti in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
85−90
85−90
medium / 768p
45−50
45−50
ultra / 1080p
20−22
20−22
high / 768p
35−40
35−40
GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have the same average FPS in World of Tanks.
Full Specs
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Architecture
Fermi
Terascale 1
Code name
GF116
M98-XT
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
15 March 2011
9 January 2009
Pipelines
192
800
Core clock speed
900 MHz
550 MHz
Transistor count
1,170 million
956 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
55 nm
Texture fill rate
28.8 billion/sec
22.00
Floating-point performance
691.2 gflops
880.0 gflops
Length
8.25" (21 cm)
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
4.1 GB/s
888 MHz
Memory bandwidth
98.4 GB/s
56.83 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
OpenGL
4.2
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
CUDA
+
CUDA cores
192
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options
+
Multi monitor support
+
HDMI
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
44 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
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