AMD HD 8650M vs ATI Mobility HD 4870

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Combined performance score

ATI Mobility HD 4870
2.06
+8.4%

Mobility HD 4870 outperforms HD 8650M by 8% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking830863
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.160.12
ArchitectureTerascale 1 (2008−2010)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameM98-XTno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 January 2009 (15 years old)7 January 2013 (11 years old)
Current price$305 $338
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI Mobility HD 4870 has 33% better value for money than HD 8650M.

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 cores800384
Core clock speed550 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors956 million900 Million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Texture fill rate22.00no data
Floating-point performance880.0 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon HD 8650M 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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed888 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth56.83 GB/sno data
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 outputsno data

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/Ano data

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
+16.7%
24−27
−16.7%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Hitman 3 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Hitman 3 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Hitman 3 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 and HD 8650M compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4870 is 16.7% faster than HD 8650M

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 4870 is 100% faster than the HD 8650M.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4870 is ahead in 23 tests (49%)
  • there's a draw in 24 tests (51%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.06 1.90
Recency 9 January 2009 7 January 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon HD 8650M. The differences in performance seem too small.


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