FirePro M7740 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M7740 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2. 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 M7740 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2. 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.

FirePro M7740 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro M7740 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 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 FirePro M7740 or Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M7740 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro M7740.
  • FirePro M7740 is used in Mobile workstations, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - in Laptops.
  • FirePro M7740 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 are build with Terascale 1 architecture.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro M7740 is 100 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • FirePro M7740 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro M7740 is 112 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 9−10
ultra / 1080p 4−5 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 21−24
medium / 1080p 8−9 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than FirePro M7740.

Full Specs

  FirePro M7740 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture Terascale 1 Terascale 1
Code name RV740 M98-XT
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 4 August 2009 9 January 2009
Pipelines 640 1600
Core clock speed 650 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 826 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 20.80 22.00
Floating-point performance 832.0 gflops 2x 880.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 888 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.14 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.1 4.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
Laptop size large large
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