Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs Quadro 4000M
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Quadro 4000M, 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 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 stacks up against Quadro 4000M, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Quadro 4000M are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Quadro 4000M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Quadro 4000M here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Quadro 4000M
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
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Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro 4000M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
Quadro 4000M has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is used in Laptops, and Quadro 4000M - in Mobile workstations.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Quadro 4000M - with Fermi.
Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is 75 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000M.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Quadro 4000M - by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Quadro 4000M is 312 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
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
3−4
ultra / 1080p
4−5
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
16−18
14−16
medium / 1080p
8−9
5−6
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Quadro 4000M.
high / 1080p
12−14
7−8
ultra / 1080p
10−11
5−6
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
24−27
18−20
medium / 1080p
12−14
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Battlefield 5 is 50% more, than Quadro 4000M.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
45−50
40−45
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 4% more, than Quadro 4000M.
low / 768p
140−150
120−130
medium / 768p
110−120
95−100
ultra / 1080p
55−60
45−50
QHD / 1440p
30−33
24−27
4K / 2160p
27−30
−
high / 768p
80−85
70−75
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 17% more, than Quadro 4000M.
low / 768p
55−60
70−75
ultra / 1080p
20−22
20−22
medium / 1080p
45−50
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 4000M in Cyberpunk 2077 is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
80−85
75−80
medium / 768p
60−65
55−60
ultra / 1080p
35−40
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Dota 2 is 11% more, than Quadro 4000M.
high / 1080p
8−9
4−5
ultra / 1080p
8−9
3−4
4K / 2160p
3−4
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
14−16
medium / 1080p
9−10
5−6
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Far Cry 5 is 57% more, than Quadro 4000M.
high / 1080p
14−16
12−14
ultra / 1080p
10−11
7−8
QHD / 1440p
−
4−5
low / 720p
60−65
55−60
medium / 1080p
24−27
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Fortnite is 21% more, than Quadro 4000M.
high / 1080p
12−14
6−7
ultra / 1080p
10−12
6−7
QHD / 1440p
1−2
0−1
low / 720p
27−30
21−24
medium / 1080p
14−16
9−10
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Forza Horizon 4 is 45% more, than Quadro 4000M.
low / 768p
50−55
45−50
medium / 768p
45−50
−
high / 1080p
12−14
8−9
ultra / 1080p
6−7
3−4
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
−
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Grand Theft Auto V is 26% more, than Quadro 4000M.
high / 1080p
5−6
2−3
ultra / 1080p
3−4
0−1
4K / 2160p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
7−8
medium / 1080p
6−7
3−4
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Metro Exodus is 100% more, than Quadro 4000M.
low / 768p
95−100
85−90
high / 1080p
90−95
65−70
ultra / 1080p
80−85
−
medium / 1080p
90−95
−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Minecraft is 23% more, than Quadro 4000M.
high / 1080p
16−18
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
12−14
low / 720p
30−35
27−30
medium / 1080p
18−20
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 22% more, than Quadro 4000M.
high / 1080p
−
6−7
ultra / 1080p
7−8
4−5
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
7−8
medium / 1080p
10−12
−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 66% more, than Quadro 4000M.
low / 768p
24−27
16−18
medium / 768p
16−18
12−14
high / 1080p
9−10
6−7
ultra / 1080p
6−7
4−5
4K / 2160p
6−7
1−2
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 62% more, than Quadro 4000M.
low / 768p
85−90
70−75
medium / 768p
45−50
35−40
ultra / 1080p
20−22
16−18
high / 768p
35−40
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in World of Tanks is 23% more, than Quadro 4000M.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Quadro 4000M
Architecture
Terascale 1
Fermi
Code name
M98-XT
Fermi
Type
Laptop
Mobile workstation
Release date
9 January 2009
22 February 2011
Pipelines
800
336
Core clock speed
550 MHz
475 MHz
Transistor count
956 million
1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
40 nm
Texture fill rate
22.00
26.60
Floating-point performance
880.0 gflops
638.4 gflops
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
888 MHz
1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
56.83 GB/s
80 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
12 (11_0)
Shader Model
4.1
5.1
OpenGL
3.3
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
CUDA
2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
82 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
large
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