GRID K240Q vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GRID K240Q 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 GRID K240Q stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, check out specs charts below.

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:

Main Specs

  GRID K240Q Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GRID K240Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 1 GB more memory, than GRID K240Q.
  • GRID K240Q is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - in Laptops.
  • GRID K240Q is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of GRID K240Q is 195 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • GRID K240Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K240Q is 4112 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 9−10
ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 21−24
medium / 1080p 12−14 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GRID K240Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 8% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  GRID K240Q Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture Kepler Terascale 1
Code name GK104 M98-XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 28 June 2013 9 January 2009
Pipelines 1536 1600
Core clock speed 745 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36 22.00
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops 2x 880.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 888 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 3.0
Laptop size large
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