L20 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4870 with L20, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 4870
2009
512 MB GDDR3
2.01

L20 outperforms Mobility HD 4870 by a whopping 1498% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking933188
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data8.99
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameM98AD102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date9 January 2009 (17 years ago)16 November 2023 (2 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 cores80011776
Core clock speed550 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors956 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data275 Watt
Texture fill rate22.00927.4
Floating-point processing power0.88 TFLOPS59.35 TFLOPS
ROPs16128
TMUs40368
Tensor Coresno data368
Ray Tracing Coresno data92
L1 Cache160 KB11.5 MB
L2 Cache256 KB96 MB

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed888 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth56.83 GB/s864.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

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
−1329%
400−450
+1329%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 5−6
−1400%
75−80
+1400%
Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1400%
75−80
+1400%
Fortnite 9−10
−1456%
140−150
+1456%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−1445%
170−180
+1445%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−1445%
170−180
+1445%
Valorant 35−40
−1438%
600−650
+1438%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 5−6
−1400%
75−80
+1400%
Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
−1485%
650−700
+1485%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%
Dota 2 21−24
−1491%
350−400
+1491%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1400%
75−80
+1400%
Fortnite 9−10
−1456%
140−150
+1456%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−1445%
170−180
+1445%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−1445%
170−180
+1445%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−1400%
120−130
+1400%
Valorant 35−40
−1438%
600−650
+1438%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 5−6
−1400%
75−80
+1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%
Dota 2 21−24
−1491%
350−400
+1491%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1400%
75−80
+1400%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−1445%
170−180
+1445%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−1445%
170−180
+1445%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−1400%
120−130
+1400%
Valorant 35−40
−1438%
600−650
+1438%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
−1456%
140−150
+1456%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−1400%
75−80
+1400%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 14−16
−1433%
230−240
+1433%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
−1400%
300−310
+1400%
Valorant 14−16
−1471%
220−230
+1471%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−1400%
75−80
+1400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−1471%
220−230
+1471%
Valorant 10−11
−1400%
150−160
+1400%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 and L20 compete in popular games:

  • L20 is 1329% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.01 32.11
Recency 9 January 2009 16 November 2023
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 48 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm

L20 has a 1498% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

The L20 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is a notebook graphics card while L20 is a workstation one.

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