Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs Radeon PRO WX 2100
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon PRO WX 2100, 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 Radeon PRO WX 2100, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon PRO WX 2100 are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon PRO WX 2100 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 Radeon PRO WX 2100 here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Radeon PRO WX 2100
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
Radeon PRO WX 2100 has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is used in Laptops, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 - in Mobile workstations.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 - with Polaris.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 - by 14 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon PRO WX 2100 is 5112 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
7−8
ultra / 1080p
4−5
4−5
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
16−18
18−20
medium / 1080p
8−9
9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
12−14
12−14
ultra / 1080p
10−11
10−12
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
24−27
27−30
medium / 1080p
12−14
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in Battlefield 5 is 6% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon PRO WX 2100 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
140−150
140−150
medium / 768p
110−120
110−120
ultra / 1080p
55−60
55−60
QHD / 1440p
30−33
30−35
4K / 2160p
27−30
27−30
high / 768p
80−85
85−90
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 1% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
20−22
21−24
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon PRO WX 2100 have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p
80−85
85−90
medium / 768p
60−65
60−65
ultra / 1080p
35−40
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in Dota 2 is 3% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
8−9
9−10
ultra / 1080p
8−9
8−9
4K / 2160p
3−4
4−5
low / 720p
18−20
21−24
medium / 1080p
9−10
10−11
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in Far Cry 5 is 22% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
14−16
16−18
ultra / 1080p
10−11
10−12
low / 720p
60−65
65−70
medium / 1080p
24−27
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in Fortnite is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
12−14
14−16
ultra / 1080p
10−12
12−14
QHD / 1440p
1−2
2−3
low / 720p
27−30
27−30
medium / 1080p
14−16
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in Forza Horizon 4 is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
50−55
55−60
medium / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
12−14
14−16
ultra / 1080p
6−7
7−8
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in Grand Theft Auto V is 13% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
5−6
5−6
ultra / 1080p
3−4
3−4
4K / 2160p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
14−16
medium / 1080p
6−7
7−8
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon PRO WX 2100 have the same average FPS in Metro Exodus.
low / 768p
95−100
95−100
high / 1080p
90−95
90−95
ultra / 1080p
80−85
80−85
medium / 1080p
90−95
95−100
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in Minecraft is 1% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
16−18
16−18
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
low / 720p
30−35
35−40
medium / 1080p
18−20
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 10% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
ultra / 1080p
7−8
8−9
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
14−16
medium / 1080p
10−12
10−12
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 10% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
24−27
27−30
medium / 768p
16−18
18−20
high / 1080p
9−10
10−11
ultra / 1080p
6−7
7−8
4K / 2160p
6−7
6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
85−90
85−90
medium / 768p
45−50
45−50
ultra / 1080p
20−22
21−24
high / 768p
35−40
35−40
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon PRO WX 2100 have the same average FPS in World of Tanks.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Radeon PRO WX 2100
Architecture
Terascale 1
Polaris
Code name
M98-XT
Polaris 12
Type
Laptop
Mobile workstation
Release date
9 January 2009
21 March 2018
Pipelines
800
512
Core clock speed
550 MHz
Boost Clock
1219 MHz
Transistor count
956 million
2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
14 nm
Texture fill rate
22.00
39.01
Floating-point performance
880.0 gflops
1,248 gflops
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
888 MHz
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
56.83 GB/s
48 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
12 (12_0)
Shader Model
4.1
6.4
OpenGL
3.3
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
2.0
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131
FreeSync
+
Laptop size
large
large
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