Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs GeForce GTX 460M SLI

Place in performance ranking	601	716
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.41	0.45
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code name	N11E-GS	M98-XT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 September 2010 (13 years ago)	9 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Current price	$149	$305

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 460M SLI has 436% better value for money than ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	384	1600
Core clock speed	675 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Texture fill rate	no data	22.00
Floating-point performance	no data	2x 880.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 460M 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 size	large	large
Interface	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16

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, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x1536 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	888 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	89.6 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

no data

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	no data	4.1
OpenGL	no data	3.3
OpenCL	no data	1.1
Vulkan	no data	N/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 460M SLI 4.94
+56.8%

ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 3.15

GeForce GTX 460M SLI outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 57% based on our aggregate 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 460M SLI 14236
+69.6%

ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 8396

GeForce GTX 460M SLI outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 70% 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:

900p	52 +73.3%	30−35 −73.3%
Full HD	62 +51.2%	41 −51.2%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10
+50%

6−7

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +38.5%	12−14 −38.5%
Hitman 3	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 +50%	20−22 −50%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +38.5%	12−14 −38.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 +41.2%	16−18 −41.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +38.5%	12−14 −38.5%
Hitman 3	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 +50%	20−22 −50%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +38.5%	12−14 −38.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 +41.2%	16−18 −41.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +38.5%	12−14 −38.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 +50%	20−22 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +38.5%	12−14 −38.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 +41.2%	16−18 −41.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

+50%

8−9
−50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Hitman 3	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+50%

6−7

−50%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%