Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs Quadro M4000

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 and Quadro M4000 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 will be the best choice, for others Quadro M4000 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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 M4000
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro M4000 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro M4000 has 6 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Quadro M4000 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Quadro M4000 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M4000 is 223 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Quadro M4000 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M4000 is 5120 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 21−24 60−65
medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M4000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 Quadro M4000
Architecture Terascale 1 Maxwell 2.0
Code name M98-XT GM204
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 9 January 2009 29 June 2015
Pipelines 1600 1664
Core clock speed 550 MHz 773 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.00 80.39
Floating-point performance 2x 880.0 gflops 2,573 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 888 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12
Shader Model 4.1 5
OpenGL 3.3 4.5
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA 5.2
SLI options +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 299 Mh/s
Laptop size large
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
Multi-display synchronization Quadro Sync
High-Performance Video I/O6 +
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