GRID M10 8Q vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M10 8Q and Mobility Radeon HD 4870. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GRID M10 8Q and Mobility Radeon HD 4870. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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

  GRID M10 8Q Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GRID M10 8Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID M10 8Q has 7 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
  • GRID M10 8Q is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - in Laptops.
  • GRID M10 8Q is build with Maxwell architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of GRID M10 8Q is 483 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
  • GRID M10 8Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M10 8Q is 4312 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 7−8
ultra / 1080p 8−9 4−5
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 16−18
medium / 1080p 16−18 8−9
The average gaming FPS of GRID M10 8Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 77% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

Full Specs

  GRID M10 8Q Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 1
Code name GM107 M98-XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 18 May 2016 9 January 2009
Pipelines 640 800
Core clock speed 1033 MHz 550 MHz
Boost Clock 1306 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 52.24 22.00
Floating-point performance 1,672 gflops 880.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz 888 MHz
Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s 56.83 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 5.0
Laptop size large
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