ATI Mobility HD 4870 vs AMD R7 M460

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Combined performance score

R7 M460
2.81
+36.4%

R7 M460 outperforms Mobility HD 4870 by 36% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking753830
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.110.16
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameMesoM98-XT
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date21 February 2016 (8 years old)9 January 2009 (15 years old)
Current price$900 $305
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI Mobility HD 4870 has 45% better value for money than R7 M460.

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 cores384800
Core clock speed984 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed1125 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Texture fill rate27.0022.00
Floating-point performance864.0 gflops880.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 M460 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz888 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s56.83 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 outputsNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.04.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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.

R7 M460 2.81
+36.4%
ATI Mobility HD 4870 2.06

R7 M460 outperforms Mobility HD 4870 by 36% 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%

R7 M460 5304
ATI Mobility HD 4870 6631
+25%

Mobility HD 4870 outperforms R7 M460 by 25% 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 HD13
−115%
28
+115%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Hitman 3 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Hitman 3 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7
+40%
5−6
−40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Hitman 3 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

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

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
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%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

This is how R7 M460 and ATI Mobility HD 4870 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4870 is 115% faster than R7 M460

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

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R7 M460 is 300% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 4870.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R7 M460 is ahead in 41 test (85%)
  • there's a draw in 7 tests (15%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.81 2.06
Recency 21 February 2016 9 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm

The Radeon R7 M460 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in performance tests.


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