ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI

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Combined performance score

GTX 260M SLI
3.23
+2.9%

GeForce GTX 260M SLI outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 3% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking701709
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.920.42
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameNB9E-GTXM98-XT
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2 March 2009 (15 years old)9 January 2009 (15 years old)
Current price$149 $305
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 260M SLI has 119% better value for money than ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2241600
Core clock speed550 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors1508 Million956 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data22.00
Floating-point performanceno data2x 880.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 260M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed950 MHz888 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data89.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 dataNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX1010.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 260M SLI 3.23
+2.9%
ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 3.14

GeForce GTX 260M SLI outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 3% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 260M SLI 8959
+6.7%
ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 8396

GeForce GTX 260M SLI outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 7% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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 HD45−50
+2.3%
44
−2.3%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Metro Exodus 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

This is how GTX 260M SLI and ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 260M SLI is 2.3% faster than ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2

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

  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 260M SLI is 50% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 260M SLI is ahead in 11 tests (20%)
  • there's a draw in 43 tests (80%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.23 3.14
Recency 2 March 2009 9 January 2009

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2. The differences in performance seem too small.


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

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