Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs Quadro K4100M

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Quadro K4100M 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 will be the best choice, for others Quadro K4100M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Quadro K4100M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Quadro K4100M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Quadro K4100M here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 4870 Quadro K4100M
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro K4100M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro K4100M has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is used in Laptops, and Quadro K4100M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Quadro K4100M - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K4100M is 156 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Quadro K4100M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K4100M is 2312 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 12−14
ultra / 1080p 4−5 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
low / 720p 16−18 24−27
medium / 1080p 8−9 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K4100M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 4870 Quadro K4100M
Architecture Terascale 1 Kepler
Code name M98-XT N15E-Q3-A2
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 9 January 2009 23 July 2013
Pipelines 800 1152
Core clock speed 550 MHz 706 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.00 67.78
Floating-point performance 880.0 gflops 1,627 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 888 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 56.83 GB/s 102.4 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 1.1.126
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 51 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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