GRID K2 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID K2 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 GRID K2 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.

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:

Main Specs

  GRID K2 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GRID K2 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID K2 has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • GRID K2 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - in Laptops.
  • GRID K2 is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of GRID K2 is 195 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • GRID K2 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K2 is 4112 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 9−10
ultra / 1080p 9−10 5−6
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 21−24
medium / 1080p 20−22 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GRID K2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  GRID K2 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture Kepler Terascale 1
Code name GK104 M98-XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 11 May 2013 9 January 2009
Pipelines 1536 1600
Core clock speed 745 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36 22.00
Floating-point performance 2x 2,289 gflops 2x 880.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 888 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 114 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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