ATI FirePro M7740 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro M7740 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro M7740

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M7740

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 550 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 91% higher memory clock speed: 3384 MHz vs 1776 MHz

Launch date	4 August 2009 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3384 MHz vs 1776 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 22 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 800 vs 640
Around 6% better floating-point performance: 880.0 gflops vs 832.0 gflops
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 720 vs 665
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3309
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3309

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	22 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 640
Floating-point performance	880.0 gflops vs 832.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	720 vs 665
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 415
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 3309

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro M7740
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

665

720

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

415

416

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3309

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3309

3350

Name	ATI FirePro M7740	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark	665	720
PassMark - G2D Mark	415	416
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3309	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309	3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro M7740	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M97	M98
Launch date	4 August 2009	9 January 2009
Place in performance rating	591	584
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	832.0 gflops	880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	800
Texture fill rate	20.8 GTexel / s	22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt
Transistor count	826 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	54.1 GB / s	56.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3384 MHz	1776 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay