GeForce 320M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 and GeForce 320M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2
2009
1 GB GDDR5
2.85
+470%

Mobility HD 4870 X2 outperforms 320M by a whopping 470% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8181290
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.69
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameM98C89
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 January 2009 (16 years ago)1 April 2010 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores800 ×248
Core clock speed550 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors956 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data23 Watt
Texture fill rate22.00 ×27.200
Floating-point processing power0.88 TFLOPS ×20.0912 TFLOPS
ROPs16 ×28
TMUs40 ×216
L1 Cache160 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GB ×2System Shared
Memory bus width256 Bit ×2System Shared
Memory clock speed700 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth89.6 GB/s ×2no data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmarks

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 2.85
+470%
GeForce 320M 0.50

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.

ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 8396
+353%
GeForce 320M 1852

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 HD44
+83.3%
24
−83.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Escape from Tarkov 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Fortnite 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Forza Horizon 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Valorant 45−50
+70.4%
27−30
−70.4%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 55−60
+224%
16−18
−224%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Dota 2 27−30
+155%
10−12
−155%
Escape from Tarkov 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Fortnite 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Forza Horizon 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Grand Theft Auto V 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Metro Exodus 5−6 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Valorant 45−50
+70.4%
27−30
−70.4%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Dota 2 27−30
+155%
10−12
−155%
Escape from Tarkov 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Valorant 45−50
+70.4%
27−30
−70.4%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 24−27
+420%
5−6
−420%
Valorant 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Escape from Tarkov 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 5−6 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Valorant 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Escape from Tarkov 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 and GeForce 320M compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 is 83% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 is 1000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 surpassed GeForce 320M in all 28 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.85 0.50
Recency 9 January 2009 1 April 2010
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm

ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 has a 470% higher aggregate performance score.

GeForce 320M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 320M in performance tests.

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