ATI Radeon 9200 PRO vs ATI Mobility HD 4870
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 911 | 1584 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Rage 7 (2001−2006) |
| GPU code name | M98 | RV280 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 January 2009 (16 years ago) | 1 May 2003 (22 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 | 800 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 239 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 956 million | 36 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 28 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 22.00 | 0.96 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.88 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 40 | 4 |
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 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| 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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 888 MHz | 164 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 56.83 GB/s | 5.248 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 8.1 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
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 | 28 | no data |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4 | no data |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | no data |
| God of War | 7−8 | no data |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 5−6 | no data |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4 | no data |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | no data |
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | no data |
| Fortnite | 9−10 | no data |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12 | no data |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 3−4 | no data |
| God of War | 7−8 | no data |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12 | no data |
| Valorant | 35−40 | no data |
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 5−6 | no data |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4 | no data |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 40−45 | no data |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | no data |
| Dota 2 | 21−24 | no data |
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | no data |
| Fortnite | 9−10 | no data |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12 | no data |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 3−4 | no data |
| God of War | 7−8 | no data |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 4−5 | no data |
| Metro Exodus | 3−4 | no data |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12 | no data |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9 | no data |
| Valorant | 35−40 | no data |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 5−6 | no data |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | no data |
| Dota 2 | 21−24 | no data |
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | no data |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12 | no data |
| God of War | 7−8 | no data |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12 | no data |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9 | no data |
| Valorant | 35−40 | no data |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 9−10 | no data |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 5−6 | no data |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 14−16 | no data |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 0−1 | no data |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 20−22 | no data |
| Valorant | 14−16 | no data |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | no data |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | no data |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6 | no data |
| God of War | 1−2 | no data |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 | no data |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 4−5 | no data |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | no data |
| Valorant | 10−11 | no data |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Dota 2 | 4−5 | no data |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | no data |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | no data |
| God of War | 1−2 | no data |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4 | no data |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 3−4 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 January 2009 | 1 May 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 150 nm |
ATI Mobility HD 4870 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon 9200 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 9200 PRO is a desktop one.
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