Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs GeForce GTX 680M

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Aggregate performance score

GTX 680M
2012
4 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
8.32
+165%

GeForce GTX 680M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by a whopping 165% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking472716
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.610.44
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameN13E-GTXM98-XT
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2012 (12 years ago)9 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$310.50 no data
Current price$293 (0.9x MSRP)$305

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 680M has 720% 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 cores13441600
CUDA cores1344no data
Core clock speed720 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed758 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Wattno data
Texture fill rate80.6 billion/sec22.00
Floating-point performance2,038 gflops2x 880.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 680M 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
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options+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 typeGDDR5GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz888 MHz
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/s89.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.11.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/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 680M 8.32
+165%
ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 3.14

GeForce GTX 680M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 165% 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 680M 21534
+156%
ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 8396

GeForce GTX 680M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 156% 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:

900p67
+179%
24−27
−179%
Full HD65
+54.8%
42
−54.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12 0−1
Battlefield 5 24−27
+317%
6−7
−317%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+157%
7−8
−157%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+127%
10−12
−127%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+142%
12−14
−142%
Hitman 3 18−20
+138%
8−9
−138%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+81.3%
16−18
−81.3%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+475%
4−5
−475%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+188%
8−9
−188%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+84.6%
12−14
−84.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12 0−1
Battlefield 5 24−27
+317%
6−7
−317%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+157%
7−8
−157%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+127%
10−12
−127%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+142%
12−14
−142%
Hitman 3 18−20
+138%
8−9
−138%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+81.3%
16−18
−81.3%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+475%
4−5
−475%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+188%
8−9
−188%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+84.6%
12−14
−84.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+143%
7−8
−143%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+157%
7−8
−157%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+127%
10−12
−127%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+142%
12−14
−142%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+81.3%
16−18
−81.3%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+475%
4−5
−475%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+143%
7−8
−143%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+188%
8−9
−188%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Hitman 3 10−11 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+125%
8−9
−125%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8 0−1
Hitman 3 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Battlefield 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%

This is how GTX 680M and ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 680M is 179% faster in 900p
  • GTX 680M is 55% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 680M is 900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 680M surpassed ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 in all 59 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.32 3.14
Recency 4 June 2012 9 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm

The GeForce GTX 680M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 in performance tests.


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