ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v 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 540v

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
19.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 286 Watt

Launch date	5 May 2010 vs 12 August 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 286 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 550 MHz
51.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 80
25.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 88 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1309 vs 188
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 382

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 80
Floating-point performance	2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 88 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1309 vs 188
PassMark - G2D Mark	565 vs 382

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

188

1309

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

565

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	188	1309
PassMark - G2D Mark	382	565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M92	R700
Launch date	5 May 2010	12 August 2008
Place in performance rating	410	436
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$550
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	88 gflops	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	80	2x 800
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	286 Watt
Transistor count	242 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
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	512 MB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2	GDDR5
Shared memory	0