Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs GeForce GTX 660M
Aggregated performance score
GeForce GTX 660M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 by 78% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 668 | 829 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 0.67 | 0.17 |
Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Terascale 1 (2008−2010) |
GPU code name | N13E-GE | M98-XT |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Release date | 22 March 2012 (12 years old) | 9 January 2009 (15 years old) |
Current price | $276 | $305 |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
GTX 660M has 294% better value for money than ATI Mobility HD 4870.
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 cores | 384 | 800 |
CUDA cores | 384 | no data |
Core clock speed | 835 MHz | 550 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 950 MHz | no data |
Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 956 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | no data |
Texture fill rate | 30.4 billion/sec | 22.00 |
Floating-point performance | 729.6 gflops | 880.0 gflops |
Size and compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 660M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 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 |
Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | no data |
Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
SLI options | + | no data |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bus width | 128bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 888 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 64.0 GB/s | 56.83 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
HDMI | + | no data |
HDCP | + | no data |
Maximum VGA resolution | Up to 2048x1536 | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
Optimus | + | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 API | 10.1 (10_1) |
Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 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.
GeForce GTX 660M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 by 78% based on our aggregated 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%
GeForce GTX 660M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 by 65% 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 | 30
+87.5%
| 16−18
−87.5%
|
Full HD | 35
+25%
| 28
−25%
|
1200p | 38
+81%
| 21−24
−81%
|
Performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+40%
|
5−6
−40%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 6−7
+200%
|
2−3
−200%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
Battlefield 5 | 10−11
+233%
|
3−4
−233%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16
+27.3%
|
10−12
−27.3%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+40%
|
5−6
−40%
|
Far Cry 5 | 7−8
+250%
|
2−3
−250%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 7−8
+600%
|
1−2
−600%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12
+175%
|
4−5
−175%
|
Hitman 3 | 8−9
+167%
|
3−4
−167%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 6−7
+100%
|
3−4
−100%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 7−8
+40%
|
5−6
−40%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−12
+37.5%
|
8−9
−37.5%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4
+200%
|
1−2
−200%
|
Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 6−7
+200%
|
2−3
−200%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
Battlefield 5 | 10−11
+233%
|
3−4
−233%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16
+27.3%
|
10−12
−27.3%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+40%
|
5−6
−40%
|
Far Cry 5 | 7−8
+250%
|
2−3
−250%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 7−8
+600%
|
1−2
−600%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12
+175%
|
4−5
−175%
|
Hitman 3 | 8−9
+167%
|
3−4
−167%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 6−7
+100%
|
3−4
−100%
|
Metro Exodus | 5−6
+66.7%
|
3−4
−66.7%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 7−8
+40%
|
5−6
−40%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−12
+37.5%
|
8−9
−37.5%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9
+60%
|
5−6
−60%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4
+200%
|
1−2
−200%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 6−7
+200%
|
2−3
−200%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
Battlefield 5 | 10−11
+233%
|
3−4
−233%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+40%
|
5−6
−40%
|
Far Cry 5 | 7−8
+250%
|
2−3
−250%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 7−8
+600%
|
1−2
−600%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12
+175%
|
4−5
−175%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9
+60%
|
5−6
−60%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4
+200%
|
1−2
−200%
|
1440p
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 6−7
+50%
|
4−5
−50%
|
Hitman 3 | 7−8
+40%
|
5−6
−40%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−11
+11.1%
|
9−10
−11.1%
|
Metro Exodus | 2−3 | 0−1 |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
+16.7%
|
6−7
−16.7%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | 0−1 |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
Far Cry 5 | 6−7
+100%
|
3−4
−100%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2 | 0−1 |
Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
+200%
|
1−2
−200%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5
+100%
|
2−3
−100%
|
4K
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
+50%
|
2−3
−50%
|
Hitman 3 | 4−5
+100%
|
2−3
−100%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
+14.3%
|
7−8
−14.3%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
Far Cry 5 | 4−5
+33.3%
|
3−4
−33.3%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 6−7
+20%
|
5−6
−20%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
This is how GTX 660M and ATI Mobility HD 4870 compete in popular games:
900p resolution:
- GTX 660M is 87.5% faster than ATI Mobility HD 4870
1080p resolution:
- GTX 660M is 25% faster than ATI Mobility HD 4870
1200p resolution:
- GTX 660M is 81% faster than ATI Mobility HD 4870
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 660M is 600% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 4870.
All in all, in popular games:
- GTX 660M is ahead in 47 tests (98%)
- there's a draw in 1 test (2%)
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 3.69 | 2.07 |
Recency | 22 March 2012 | 9 January 2009 |
Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 55 nm |
The GeForce GTX 660M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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