RTX A1000 Mobile vs ATI Radeon HD 4860

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated221
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRV790GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 September 2009 (15 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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 cores6402048
Core clock speed700 MHzno data
Number of transistors959 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt95 Watt (35 - 95 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate22.4072.96
Floating-point performance0.896 gflops4.669 gflops

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s176.0 GB/s
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 September 2009 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 95 Watt

RTX A1000 Mobile has an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 587.5% more advanced lithography process, and 36.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4860 and RTX A1000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4860 is a desktop card while RTX A1000 Mobile is a notebook one.


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