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    GeForce GTX 280 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 280 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, 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 GeForce GTX 280 stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, check out specs charts below.
    GeForce GTX 280
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    Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 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 X2 here:

    Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 280 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Power consumption (TDP) 236 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 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 GeForce GTX 280.
    • GeForce GTX 280 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 280 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with Terascale 1.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 280 is 746 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
    • GeForce GTX 280 is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 280 is 219 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 1−2 9−10
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 12−14 21−24
    medium / 1080p 3−4 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than GeForce GTX 280.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 280 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Architecture Tesla 2.0 Terascale 1
    Code name GT200 M98-XT
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 16 June 2008 9 January 2009
    Pipelines 240 1600
    Core clock speed 1296 MHz 550 MHz
    Transistor count 1,400 million 956 million
    Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 48.2 billion/sec 22.00
    Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 2x 880.0 gflops
    Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
    Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1107 MHz 888 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 141.7 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 10.1 (10_1)
    Shader Model 4.0 4.1
    OpenGL 2.1 3.3
    OpenCL 1.1 1.1
    Vulkan N/A N/A
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 240
    Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
    Laptop size large
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