Radeon PRO W7700 vs ATI Mobility HD 4870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4870 with Radeon PRO W7700, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 4870
2009
512 MB GDDR3
2.11

PRO W7700 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 4870 by a whopping 2262% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking86261
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data55.87
Power efficiencyno data18.92
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameM98Navi 32
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date9 January 2009 (15 years ago)13 November 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

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 cores8003072
Core clock speed550 MHz1900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2600 MHz
Number of transistors956 million28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data190 Watt
Texture fill rate22.00499.2
Floating-point processing power0.88 TFLOPS31.95 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs40192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed888 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth56.83 GB/s576.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort 2.1

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.2
VulkanN/A1.3

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 HD28
−2221%
650−700
+2221%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−2186%
160−170
+2186%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−2150%
45−50
+2150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2233%
70−75
+2233%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−2233%
210−220
+2233%
Hitman 3 7−8
−2186%
160−170
+2186%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−2122%
400−450
+2122%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2150%
90−95
+2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−2200%
230−240
+2200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−2261%
850−900
+2261%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−2186%
160−170
+2186%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−2150%
45−50
+2150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2233%
70−75
+2233%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−2233%
210−220
+2233%
Hitman 3 7−8
−2186%
160−170
+2186%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−2122%
400−450
+2122%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2150%
90−95
+2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−2200%
230−240
+2200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−2233%
280−290
+2233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−2261%
850−900
+2261%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−2186%
160−170
+2186%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2233%
70−75
+2233%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−2233%
210−220
+2233%
Hitman 3 7−8
−2186%
160−170
+2186%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−2122%
400−450
+2122%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−2200%
230−240
+2200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−2233%
280−290
+2233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−2261%
850−900
+2261%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2150%
90−95
+2150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−2233%
70−75
+2233%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−2233%
70−75
+2233%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−2150%
45−50
+2150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−2150%
45−50
+2150%
Hitman 3 7−8
−2186%
160−170
+2186%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−2233%
140−150
+2233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−2233%
280−290
+2233%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−2150%
45−50
+2150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−2233%
70−75
+2233%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 and PRO W7700 compete in popular games:

  • PRO W7700 is 2221% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.11 49.83
Recency 9 January 2009 13 November 2023
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm

PRO W7700 has a 2261.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon PRO W7700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is a notebook card while Radeon PRO W7700 is a workstation one.


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