Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs Tesla M60

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 and Tesla M60 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 Tesla M60 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 Tesla M60
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Tesla M60 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M60 has 6 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Tesla M60 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Tesla M60 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Tesla M60 is 7 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Tesla M60 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M60 is 4124 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 21−24 60−65
medium / 1080p 12−14 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 258% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 Tesla M60
Architecture Terascale 1 Maxwell 2.0
Code name M98-XT GM204
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 9 January 2009 30 August 2015
Pipelines 1600 2048
Core clock speed 550 MHz 557 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.00 150.8
Floating-point performance 2x 880.0 gflops 2x 4,833 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 888 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 160.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 4.1 6.4
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 432 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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