ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 and ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 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 Mobility Radeon HD 4670

ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 425 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
26.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 68% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 950 MHz
10.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 463 vs 45
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 375 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 950 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	463 vs 45
PassMark - G2D Mark	375 vs 248

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

463

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

375

248

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
PassMark - G3D Mark	463	45
PassMark - G2D Mark	375	248
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2907
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2907

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	M96	M56
Launch date	9 January 2009	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	688	691
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	320	12
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	157 million
Boost clock speed		425 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	475 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	128
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
Powerplay 6.0