FirePro W600 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W600 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 FirePro W600 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

  FirePro W600 Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro W600 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W600 has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
  • FirePro W600 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W600 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W600 is 200 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
  • FirePro W600 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W600 is 3112 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 7−8
ultra / 1080p 5−6 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 16−18
medium / 1080p 10−11 8−9
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W600 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

Full Specs

  FirePro W600 Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 1
Code name Cape Verde M98-XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 13 June 2012 9 January 2009
Pipelines 512 800
Core clock speed 750 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 24.00 22.00
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 880.0 gflops
Length 163 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 888 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 56.83 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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