Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs Quadro K4200

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 and Quadro K4200, 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 X2 stacks up against Quadro K4200, check out specs charts below.

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

  Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 Quadro K4200
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro K4200 has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Quadro K4200 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Quadro K4200 - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K4200 is 221 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Quadro K4200 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K4200 is 4512 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 21−24
ultra / 1080p 5−6 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 21−24 40−45
medium / 1080p 12−14 27−30
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K4200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 116% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 Quadro K4200
Architecture Terascale 1 Kepler
Code name M98-XT GK104
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 9 January 2009 22 July 2014
Pipelines 1600 1344
Core clock speed 550 MHz 771 MHz
Boost Clock 784 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.00 87.81
Floating-point performance 2x 880.0 gflops 2,107 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 888 MHz 5400 MHz
Memory bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 172.8 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 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 119 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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