ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 vs R5 230

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 230 with Mobility Radeon HD 4670, including specs and performance data.

R5 230
2014
4 GB DDR3, 19 Watt
0.53

ATI Mobility HD 4670 outperforms R5 230 by a whopping 111% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12311074
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.042.34
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameCaicosM96
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date3 April 2014 (11 years ago)9 January 2009 (16 years ago)

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 cores160320
Core clock speedno data675 MHz
Number of transistors370 million514 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate5.00021.60
Floating-point processing power0.2 TFLOPS0.432 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs832

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
Bus supportPCIe 1.0 x4no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsN/Ano 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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data800 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.67 GB/s25.6 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGANo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
​PowerPlay+no data
DDMA audio-no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1110.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan-N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
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3−4
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Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
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4−5
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Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
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Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
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Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+0%
6−7
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Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
+0%
4−5
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
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Valorant 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 27−30
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27−30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
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Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 0−1 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Valorant 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Valorant 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+0%
12−14
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Valorant 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

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

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 43 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.53 1.12
Recency 3 April 2014 9 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 35 Watt

R5 230 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 84.2% lower power consumption.

ATI Mobility HD 4670, on the other hand, has a 111.3% higher aggregate performance score.

The Mobility Radeon HD 4670 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 230 is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 4670 is a notebook one.

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