GeForce MX130 vs Radeon HD 7870M

Place in performance ranking	660	604
Place by popularity	not in top-100	98
Value for money	0.61	1.49
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	Heathrow XT	N16S-GTR
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	24 April 2012 (11 years old)	1 January 2018 (6 years old)
Current price	$338	$899

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce MX130 has 144% better value for money than HD 7870M.

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 cores	640	384
Core clock speed	800 MHz	1122 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1242 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15-25 Watt
Texture fill rate	32.00	29.81
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops	953.9 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7870M and GeForce MX130 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 size	large	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	40.1 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 Connectors

No outputs

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.126
CUDA	no data	+

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.

HD 7870M 3.89

GeForce MX130 4.79
+23.1%

GeForce MX130 outperforms Radeon HD 7870M by 23% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 7870M 1507

GeForce MX130 1856
+23.2%

GeForce MX130 outperforms Radeon HD 7870M by 23% in Passmark.

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%

HD 7870M 13065
+9.2%

GeForce MX130 11968

Radeon HD 7870M outperforms GeForce MX130 by 9% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 7870M 2702

GeForce MX130 2875
+6.4%

GeForce MX130 outperforms Radeon HD 7870M by 6% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 HD

14−16

−28.6%

18
+28.6%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8
+75%

−75%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −100%	14 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −36.4%	14−16 +36.4%
Hitman 3	8−9 −37.5%	10−12 +37.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −57.1%	11 +57.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −18.2%	13 +18.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −175%	11 +175%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −85.7%	13 +85.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −36.4%	14−16 +36.4%
Hitman 3	8−9 −37.5%	10−12 +37.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +66.7%	3 −66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −55.6%	14 +55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −71.4%	12 +71.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −36.4%	14−16 +36.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +28.6%	7 −28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Hitman 3	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%

This is how HD 7870M and GeForce MX130 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

GeForce MX130 is 28.6% faster than HD 7870M

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the HD 7870M is 75% faster than the GeForce MX130.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GeForce MX130 is 200% faster than the HD 7870M.

All in all, in popular games: