Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs Quadro M2000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 and Quadro M2000, 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 M2000, 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 M2000
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR3, GDDR5 128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 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 M2000 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro M2000 has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Quadro M2000 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Quadro M2000 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M2000 is 246 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Quadro M2000 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M2000 is 5724 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 6−7
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 21−24 40−45
medium / 1080p 12−14 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 108% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 Quadro M2000
Architecture Terascale 1 Maxwell 2.0
Code name M98-XT GM206
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 9 January 2009 8 April 2016
Pipelines 1600 768
Core clock speed 550 MHz 796 MHz
Boost Clock 1163 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.00 55.82
Floating-point performance 2x 880.0 gflops 1,812 gflops
Length 201 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 888 MHz 6612 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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 215 Mh/s
Laptop size large
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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