ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Place in the ranking	384	862
Place by popularity	16	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.02	no data
Power efficiency	12.05	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GP107	M98
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	25 October 2016 (8 years ago)	9 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	800
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	550 MHz
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	58.20	22.00
Floating-point processing power	1.862 TFLOPS	0.88 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	40	40

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI	-	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz	888 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	56.83 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	2.2	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	-
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.4	4.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1050 13.05
+518%

ATI Mobility HD 4870 2.11

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 1050 32463
+390%

ATI Mobility HD 4870 6631

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	42 +50%	28 −50%
1440p	24 +700%	3−4 −700%
4K	23 +667%	3−4 −667%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.60	no data
1440p	4.54	no data
4K	4.74	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

20−22
+300%

5−6

−300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	38 +443%	7−8 −443%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Battlefield 5	43 +2050%	2−3 −2050%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +420%	5−6 −420%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 +300%	5−6 −300%
Far Cry 5	30−33 +900%	3−4 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +620%	5−6 −620%
Forza Horizon 4	85−90 +856%	9−10 −856%
Hitman 3	24−27 +257%	7−8 −257%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 +278%	18−20 −278%
Metro Exodus	46 +557%	7−8 −557%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +800%	4−5 −800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	52 +420%	10−11 −420%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 +103%	35−40 −103%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	49 +600%	7−8 −600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Battlefield 5	35 +1650%	2−3 −1650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +420%	5−6 −420%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 +300%	5−6 −300%
Far Cry 5	33 +1000%	3−4 −1000%
Far Cry New Dawn	16 +220%	5−6 −220%
Forza Horizon 4	85−90 +856%	9−10 −856%
Hitman 3	24−27 +257%	7−8 −257%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 +278%	18−20 −278%
Metro Exodus	37 +640%	5−6 −640%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +800%	4−5 −800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35 +250%	10−11 −250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +167%	12−14 −167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 +103%	35−40 −103%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	15 +114%	7−8 −114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +420%	5−6 −420%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 +300%	5−6 −300%
Far Cry 5	23 +667%	3−4 −667%
Forza Horizon 4	34 +278%	9−10 −278%
Hitman 3	24−27 +257%	7−8 −257%
Horizon Zero Dawn	26 +44.4%	18−20 −44.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	31 +210%	10−11 −210%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20 +66.7%	12−14 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 +103%	35−40 −103%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40
+800%

4−5

−800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +733%	3−4 −733%
Far Cry New Dawn	20−22 +567%	3−4 −567%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +650%	2−3 −650%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +550%	10−11 −550%
Hitman 3	16−18 +129%	7−8 −129%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +350%	6−7 −350%
Metro Exodus	25 +525%	4−5 −525%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18 +800%	2−3 −800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +575%	12−14 −575%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24
+320%

5−6

−320%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Hitman 3	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 +530%	10−11 −530%
Metro Exodus	12 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	15 +650%	2−3 −650%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +750%	2−3 −750%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	11 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14
+300%

3−4

−300%

This is how GTX 1050 and ATI Mobility HD 4870 compete in popular games:

GTX 1050 is 50% faster in 1080p
GTX 1050 is 700% faster in 1440p
GTX 1050 is 667% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1050 is 2050% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, GTX 1050 surpassed ATI Mobility HD 4870 in all 54 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	13.05	2.11
Recency	25 October 2016	9 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	55 nm

GTX 1050 has a 518.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1050 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.