ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 5165

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
8.2x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 286 Watt

Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 12 August 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 286 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 600 MHz
11.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 320
5.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 1 GB
2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1309 vs 284
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 362

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1309 vs 284
PassMark - G2D Mark	565 vs 362

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

284

1309

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

362

565

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	284	1309
PassMark - G2D Mark	362	565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M96	R700
Launch date	7 January 2010	12 August 2008
Place in performance rating	465	466
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$550
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	2x 800
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	286 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	(G)DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0