Radeon 610M vs ATI Mobility HD 4870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon 610M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 4870
2009
512 MB GDDR3
2.13

610M outperforms ATI Mobility HD 4870 by a substantial 34% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking869792
Place by popularitynot in top-10033
Power efficiencyno data13.01
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameM98Dragon Range
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 January 2009 (15 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores800128
Core clock speed550 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2200 MHz
Number of transistors956 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate22.0017.60
Floating-point processing power0.88 TFLOPS0.5632 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs408
Ray Tracing Coresno data2

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 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed888 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth56.83 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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 2.13
Radeon 610M 2.85
+33.8%

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 6631
Radeon 610M 12065
+81.9%

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%
1440p55−60
−43.6%
79
+43.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−66.7%
14−16
+66.7%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−22.2%
21−24
+22.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−8.3%
35−40
+8.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−66.7%
14−16
+66.7%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−22.2%
21−24
+22.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−40%
14
+40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−8.3%
35−40
+8.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−66.7%
14−16
+66.7%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−22.2%
21−24
+22.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+0%
10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+71.4%
7
−71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−8.3%
35−40
+8.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−41.7%
16−18
+41.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 and Radeon 610M compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4870 is 100% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon 610M is 44% faster in 1440p

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 71% faster.
  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 610M is 150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4870 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • Radeon 610M is ahead in 46 tests (77%)
  • there's a draw in 13 tests (22%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.13 2.85
Recency 9 January 2009 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm

Radeon 610M has a 33.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 610M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in performance tests.


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