Radeon RX 6500 vs ATI Mobility HD 4870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon RX 6500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 4870
2009
512 MB GDDR3
2.01

RX 6500 outperforms Mobility HD 4870 by a whopping 811% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking933335
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)no data
GPU code nameM98no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 January 2009 (17 years ago)no data

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 cores800no data
Core clock speed550 MHzno data
Number of transistors956 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nmno data
Texture fill rate22.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.88 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs40no data
L1 Cache160 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno data

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 x16no data

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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed888 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth56.83 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 data

API and SDK support

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

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

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
−793%
250−260
+793%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 5−6
−1460%
75−80
+1460%
Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1120%
60−65
+1120%
Fortnite 9−10
−1000%
95−100
+1000%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−591%
75−80
+591%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−1375%
55−60
+1375%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−545%
70−75
+545%
Valorant 35−40
−264%
140−150
+264%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 5−6
−1460%
75−80
+1460%
Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
−456%
220−230
+456%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Dota 2 21−24
−386%
100−110
+386%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1120%
60−65
+1120%
Fortnite 9−10
−1000%
95−100
+1000%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−591%
75−80
+591%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−1375%
55−60
+1375%
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5
−1625%
65−70
+1625%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−545%
70−75
+545%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−550%
50−55
+550%
Valorant 35−40
−264%
140−150
+264%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 5−6
−1460%
75−80
+1460%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Dota 2 21−24
−386%
100−110
+386%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1120%
60−65
+1120%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−591%
75−80
+591%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−545%
70−75
+545%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−550%
50−55
+550%
Valorant 35−40
−797%
350−400
+797%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
−1000%
95−100
+1000%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−800%
45−50
+800%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 14−16
−800%
130−140
+800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
−800%
180−190
+800%
Valorant 14−16
−1157%
170−180
+1157%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1300%
40−45
+1300%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−820%
45−50
+820%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
−1333%
40−45
+1333%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−143%
30−35
+143%
Valorant 10−11
−960%
100−110
+960%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 4−5
−1525%
65−70
+1525%
Far Cry 5 0−1 21−24
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−3100%
30−35
+3100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−533%
18−20
+533%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
−533%
18−20
+533%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

4K
High

Metro Exodus 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 and RX 6500 compete in popular games:

  • RX 6500 is 793% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6500 is 3100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6500 performs better in 37 tests (86%)
  • there's a draw in 6 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.01 18.31

RX 6500 has a 811% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon RX 6500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in performance tests.

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