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    GeForce GTX 590 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 590 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 590 stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, check out specs charts below.
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    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:

    Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 590 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 2 GB
    Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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    • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce GTX 590 has 3070 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is build with Fermi architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with Terascale 1.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 590 is 665 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 590 is 819 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 9−10
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
    low / 720p 35−40 21−24
    medium / 1080p 21−24 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 590 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 75% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 590 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Architecture Fermi Terascale 1
    Code name GF110 M98-XT
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 24 March 2011 9 January 2009
    Pipelines 1024 1600
    Core clock speed 1215 MHz 550 MHz
    Transistor count 3,000 million 956 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 77.7 billion/sec 22.00
    Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops 2x 880.0 gflops
    Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
    Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1707 MHz 888 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 327.7 GB/s 89.6 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 1024
    Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
    Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
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