ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile

Place in the ranking	350	873
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	14.77	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GP107	M98
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	9 January 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	800
CUDA cores	768	no data
Core clock speed	1493 MHz	550 MHz
Boost clock speed	1620 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	77.76	22.00
Floating-point processing power	2.488 TFLOPS	0.88 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	48	40

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7 GB/s	888 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	56.83 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Ansel

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.4	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 15.09
+619%

ATI Mobility HD 4870 2.10

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 30690
+363%

ATI Mobility HD 4870 6631

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	56 +115%	26 −115%
1440p	25 +733%	3−4 −733%
4K	17 +750%	2−3 −750%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	43 +514%	7−8 −514%
Battlefield 5	59 +2850%	2−3 −2850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	47 +840%	5−6 −840%
Far Cry 5	47 +1467%	3−4 −1467%
Far Cry New Dawn	46 +820%	5−6 −820%
Forza Horizon 4	62 +589%	9−10 −589%
Red Dead Redemption 2	33 +725%	4−5 −725%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	39 +290%	10−11 −290%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	37 +429%	7−8 −429%
Battlefield 5	49 +2350%	2−3 −2350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	33 +560%	5−6 −560%
Far Cry 5	44 +1367%	3−4 −1367%
Far Cry New Dawn	42 +740%	5−6 −740%
Forza Horizon 4	57 +533%	9−10 −533%
Metro Exodus	19 +850%	2−3 −850%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +950%	4−5 −950%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	33 +230%	10−11 −230%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	47 +292%	12−14 −292%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	23 +229%	7−8 −229%
Battlefield 5	42 +740%	5−6 −740%
Far Cry 5	40 +1233%	3−4 −1233%
Far Cry New Dawn	38 +660%	5−6 −660%
Forza Horizon 4	43 +378%	9−10 −378%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26 +117%	12−14 −117%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21 +950%	2−3 −950%
Metro Exodus	12 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +733%	3−4 −733%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +750%	2−3 −750%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +650%	2−3 −650%
Battlefield 5	29 +625%	4−5 −625%
Far Cry 5	26 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
Far Cry New Dawn	27 +800%	3−4 −800%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +700%	10−11 −700%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4	0−1
Metro Exodus	7	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8 +700%	1−2 −700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 +750%	2−3 −750%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +650%	2−3 −650%
Far Cry 5	12 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	13 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +950%	2−3 −950%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

+0%

5−6

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

+0%

5−6

+0%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

This is how GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and ATI Mobility HD 4870 compete in popular games:

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 115% faster in 1080p
GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 733% faster in 1440p
GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 750% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 2850% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 25 tests (46%)
there's a draw in 29 tests (54%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	15.09	2.10
Recency	3 January 2017	9 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	55 nm

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile has a 618.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.