AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1002 MHz vs 700 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 286 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Around 94% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1409 vs 1309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2017 vs 12 August 2008
Core clock speed	1002 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 286 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1409 vs 1309

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

3.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 67.39 GTexel / s
Around 56% higher pipelines: 2x 800 vs 1024
Around 4% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 2,157 gflops
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 427

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 67.39 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 2,157 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	565 vs 427

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

427

565

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1409

1309

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	427	565
PassMark - G3D Mark	1409	1309
Geekbench - OpenCL	20842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Baffin	R700
Launch date	1 March 2017	12 August 2008
Place in performance rating	437	440
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$550
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1053 MHz
Core clock speed	1002 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,157 gflops	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1024	2x 800
Texture fill rate	67.39 GTexel / s	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	286 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB / s	2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5