GeForce 9500M G vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and GeForce 9500M G, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 4870
2009
512 MB GDDR3
2.00
+590%

Mobility HD 4870 outperforms 9500M G by a whopping 590% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9311397
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.11
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameM98G96
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 January 2009 (17 years ago)3 June 2008 (17 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 cores80016
Core clock speed550 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors956 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data20 Watt
Texture fill rate22.004.000
Floating-point processing power0.88 TFLOPS0.04 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data60
ROPs168
TMUs408
L1 Cache160 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KB32 KB

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 sizelargemedium sized
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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed888 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth56.83 GB/s25.6 GB/s
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_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

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
+600%
4−5
−600%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 5−6 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Fortnite 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Valorant 35−40
+50%
24−27
−50%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 5−6 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
+215%
12−14
−215%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Dota 2 21−24
+144%
9−10
−144%
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Fortnite 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Valorant 35−40
+50%
24−27
−50%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Dota 2 21−24
+144%
9−10
−144%
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Valorant 35−40
+50%
24−27
−50%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 14−16 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+567%
3−4
−567%
Valorant 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 3−4 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Valorant 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 and 9500M G compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4870 is 600% faster in 1080p

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

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 4870 is 567% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, ATI Mobility HD 4870 surpassed 9500M G in all 30 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.00 0.29
Recency 9 January 2009 3 June 2008
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm

ATI Mobility HD 4870 has a 589.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, and a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.

The Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9500M G in performance tests.

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