ATI Radeon HD 4870 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1300

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4870 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 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 Radeon HD 4870

ATI Mobility Radeon X1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 350 MHz
21.4x more texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
200x more pipelines: 800 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
7.2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 500 MHz
34.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1386 vs 40
17x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 197
17x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 197

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 June 2008 vs 19 January 2006
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1386 vs 40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 197
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 197

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1300

5.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 222 vs 43

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	222 vs 43

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4870
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1386

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

222

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

197

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

197

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4870	ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
PassMark - G3D Mark	1386	40
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	222
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346	197
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346	197

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4870	ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RV770	M52
Launch date	25 June 2008	19 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	1329	1332
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800	4
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
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	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	250 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory		0