ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1 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 4870

ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
11x more texture fill rate: 22 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1776 MHz vs 1000 MHz
65.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 720 vs 11
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 283

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	22 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1776 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	720 vs 11
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 283

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

720

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

416

283

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870	ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1
PassMark - G3D Mark	720	11
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 FireMV 2400 PCIe x1
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	M98	RV380
Launch date	9 January 2009	1 January 2008
Place in performance rating	585	586
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	22 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	956 million	75 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		20 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VHDCI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x1
Laptop size	large
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0b
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	56.8 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1776 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
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