ATI Radeon 9200 PRO vs ATI Mobility HD 4870
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4870 with Radeon 9200 PRO, including specs and performance data.
ATI Mobility HD 4870 outperforms ATI 9200 PRO by a whopping 21200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 869 | 1529 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.02 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Rage 7 (2001−2006) |
| GPU code name | M98 | RV280 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 January 2009 (15 years ago) | 1 May 2003 (21 year 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
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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API 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 | -0−1 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40 | 0−1 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14 | 0−1 |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14 | 0−1 |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4 | 0−1 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 12−14 | 0−1 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.13 | 0.01 |
| 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 a 21200% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9200 PRO in performance tests.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is a notebook card while Radeon 9200 PRO is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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