ATI Radeon HD 4870 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4870 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 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 Radeon HD 4870

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 450 MHz
16.7x more texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 800 vs 40
33.3x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 36 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 800 MHz
15.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1386 vs 90
10.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 328
10.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 328

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 June 2008 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 40
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1386 vs 90
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 328

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

4.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 43

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 43

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4870
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1386

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

328

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

328

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4870	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400
PassMark - G3D Mark	1386	90
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	212
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346	328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346	328

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4870	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV770	M72
Launch date	25 June 2008	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	1329	1331
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops	36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	800	40
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	180 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0