ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition vs ATI Mobility HD 4870
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 914 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | R500 (2005−2007) |
| GPU code name | M98 | R520 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 January 2009 (16 years ago) | 20 December 2005 (19 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 | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 956 million | 321 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 113 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 22.00 | 9.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.88 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 40 | 16 |
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 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 888 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 56.83 GB/s | 44.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | 2x DVI, 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) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 January 2009 | 20 December 2005 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 90 nm |
ATI Mobility HD 4870 has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 63.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition is a desktop one.
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