ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs ATI Radeon E2400

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and ATI Radeon E2400 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 Radeon E2400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
9.2x more texture fill rate: 22 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 800 vs 40
18.3x better floating-point performance: 880.0 gflops vs 48 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1776 MHz vs 1400 MHz
13.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 720 vs 52
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 287

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 28 June 2007
Texture fill rate	22 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 40
Floating-point performance	880.0 gflops vs 48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1776 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	720 vs 52
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 287

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon E2400

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon E2400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

720

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

416

287

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870	ATI Radeon E2400
PassMark - G3D Mark	720	52
PassMark - G2D Mark	416	287
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870	ATI Radeon E2400
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M98	RV610
Launch date	9 January 2009	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	607	609
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	880.0 gflops	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	800	40
Texture fill rate	22 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	956 million	180 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	56.8 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1776 MHz	1400 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