GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

Place in performance ranking	716	403
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.44	3.52
Architecture	Terascale 1 (2008−2010)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	M98-XT	N17P-G0 Max-Q
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	9 January 2009 (15 years ago)	3 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Current price	$305	$1085

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1050 Max-Q has 700% better value for money than ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1600	640
Core clock speed	550 MHz	999 - 1189 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1139 - 1328 MHz
Number of transistors	956 million	3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	34 - 40 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.00	53.12
Floating-point performance	2x 880.0 gflops	1,700 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 and GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	888 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	89.6 GB/s	112.1 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

API compatibility

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

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	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 3.14

GTX 1050 Max-Q 10.53
+235%

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 235% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 8396

GTX 1050 Max-Q 26081
+211%

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 211% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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	42 −16.7%	49 +16.7%
1440p	6−7 −267%	22 +267%
4K	4−5 −300%	16 +300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−167%

16−18
+167%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −640%	37 +640%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	16−18
Battlefield 5	6−7 −450%	30−35 +450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −343%	31 +343%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −236%	37 +236%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −383%	27−30 +383%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −200%	35−40 +200%
Hitman 3	8−9 −200%	24−27 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −119%	35−40 +119%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1000%	44 +1000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −450%	44 +450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −123%	27−30 +123%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −520%	31 +520%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	16−18
Battlefield 5	6−7 −450%	30−35 +450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −314%	29 +314%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −491%	65 +491%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −217%	19 +217%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −200%	35−40 +200%
Hitman 3	8−9 −200%	24−27 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −119%	35−40 +119%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −825%	37 +825%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −350%	36 +350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +18.2%	11 −18.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −400%	35 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −220%	16 +220%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	16−18
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −171%	19 +171%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −100%	22 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −200%	35−40 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −119%	35−40 +119%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −750%	34 +750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −200%	21 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−288%

31
+288%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −525%	25 +525%
Hitman 3	0−1	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −900%	10 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −140%	12 +140%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −340%	22 +340%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −300%	20−22 +300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	10−11 −200%	30 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	13
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −500%	6 +500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −600%	7 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −140%	12 +140%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−150%

10
+150%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 and GTX 1050 Max-Q compete in popular games:

GTX 1050 Max-Q is 17% faster in 1080p
GTX 1050 Max-Q is 267% faster in 1440p
GTX 1050 Max-Q is 300% faster in 4K

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

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 is 18% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1050 Max-Q is 1200% faster.

All in all, in popular games: