ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 22 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
  • 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 78% higher memory clock speed: 1776 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 24x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 720 vs 30
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 283
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 January 2009 vs 27 October 2005
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 22 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1776 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 720 vs 30
PassMark - G2D Mark 416 vs 283

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
GPU 2: ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
720
30
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
416
283
Name ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark 720 30
PassMark - G2D Mark 416 283
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale R500
Code name M98 R520
Launch date 9 January 2009 27 October 2005
Place in performance rating 584 587
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $429

Technical info

Core clock speed 550 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 800
Texture fill rate 22 GTexel / s 8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 956 million 321 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.1 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 56.8 GB / s 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1776 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 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