NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

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Combined performance score

ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2
3.14

GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 1081% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking711119
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.42no data
ArchitectureTerascale 1 (2008−2010)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameM98-XTGN20-E5 GA104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 January 2009 (15 years old)4 January 2021 (3 years old)
Current price$305 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores16005120
Core clock speed550 MHz780 - 1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1290 - 1620 MHz
Number of transistors956 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data125 Watt
Texture fill rate22.00287.0
Floating-point performance2x 880.0 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 and GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 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
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3, GDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed888 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth89.6 GB/s320.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDAno data8.5

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 X2 3.14
RTX 3070 Mobile 37.07
+1081%

GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 1081% 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 X2 8396
RTX 3070 Mobile 77148
+819%

GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 by 819% 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 HD44
−166%
117
+166%
1440p6−7
−1183%
77
+1183%
4K4−5
−1125%
49
+1125%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−1883%
119
+1883%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1240%
65−70
+1240%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 91
Battlefield 5 7−8
−1457%
100−110
+1457%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−677%
100−110
+677%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−1683%
107
+1683%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2280%
119
+2280%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−2140%
112
+2140%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−2263%
189
+2263%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2367%
148
+2367%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−1760%
93
+1760%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1700%
108
+1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−1300%
140
+1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−4350%
89
+4350%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1240%
65−70
+1240%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 76
Battlefield 5 7−8
−1814%
134
+1814%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−677%
100−110
+677%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−1367%
88
+1367%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2180%
114
+2180%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−2060%
108
+2060%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−2250%
188
+2250%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2200%
138
+2200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−1580%
84
+1580%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−2325%
97
+2325%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1000%
66
+1000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−1110%
121
+1110%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−2329%
170
+2329%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−3650%
75
+3650%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1240%
65−70
+1240%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 68
Battlefield 5 7−8
−1700%
126
+1700%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−1133%
74
+1133%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2040%
107
+2040%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1820%
96
+1820%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1988%
167
+1988%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−1243%
94
+1243%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−2900%
60
+2900%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1120%
60−65
+1120%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1533%
98
+1533%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−530%
63
+530%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−5800%
59
+5800%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1800%
38
+1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−1383%
89
+1383%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−3900%
40−45
+3900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−2250%
47
+2250%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1720%
91
+1720%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−6900%
140
+6900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−1633%
50−55
+1633%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1550%
30−35
+1550%
Hitman 3 3−4
−1133%
35−40
+1133%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−113%
17
+113%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−2300%
24
+2300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 48

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−2400%
24−27
+2400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−3200%
33
+3200%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 22
Far Cry 5 4−5
−1175%
51
+1175%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−867%
58
+867%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 and RTX 3070 Mobile compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 166% faster than ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 1183% faster than ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2

4K resolution:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 1125% faster than ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3070 Mobile is 6900% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3070 Mobile surpassed ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 in all 54 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.14 37.07
Recency 9 January 2009 4 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm

The GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 in performance tests.


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