Intel HD Graphics 530 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

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Combined performance score

ATI Mobility HD 4870
2.06

HD Graphics 530 outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 by 25% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking830781
Place by popularitynot in top-10026
Value for money0.160.16
ArchitectureTerascale 1 (2008−2010)Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)
GPU code nameM98-XTSkylake GT2
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 January 2009 (15 years old)5 August 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$305 $526
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI Mobility HD 4870 and HD Graphics 530 have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores80024
Core clock speed550 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1150 MHz
Number of transistors956 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate22.0027.60
Floating-point performance880.0 gflops403.2 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and HD Graphics 530 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1

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 typeGDDR5DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4
Maximum RAM amount1 GB64 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed888 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth56.83 GB/sno data
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 outputsNo outputs

Technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A+

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.

ATI Mobility HD 4870 2.06
HD Graphics 530 2.58
+25.2%

HD Graphics 530 outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 by 25% 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%

ATI Mobility HD 4870 6631
HD Graphics 530 6831
+3%

HD Graphics 530 outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 by 3% 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 HD28
+100%
14
−100%
4K5−6
−40%
7
+40%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−200%
6
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Hitman 3 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Hitman 3 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+66.7%
3
−66.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Hitman 3 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Metro Exodus 0−1 1−2
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 and HD Graphics 530 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4870 is 100% faster than HD Graphics 530

4K resolution:

  • HD Graphics 530 is 40% faster than ATI Mobility HD 4870

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 4870 is 66.7% faster than the HD Graphics 530.
  • in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD Graphics 530 is 200% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 4870.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4870 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • HD Graphics 530 is ahead in 32 tests (67%)
  • there's a draw in 15 tests (31%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.06 2.58
Recency 9 January 2009 5 August 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 64 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm

The HD Graphics 530 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in performance tests.


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