GeForce 720A vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 720A and Mobility Radeon HD 4870, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 720A stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4870, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 720A

Mobility Radeon HD 4870 Check Price

Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Mobility Radeon HD 4870 here:

Mobility Radeon HD 4870 Laptops

Main Specs

	GeForce 720A	Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
		Check Price

Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
GeForce 720A and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
GeForce 720A is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - in Laptops.
GeForce 720A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - with Terascale 1.
Core clock speed of GeForce 720A is 225 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
GeForce 720A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of GeForce 720A is 1112 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	0−1	7−8
ultra / 1080p	−	4−5
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
low / 720p	1−2	16−18
medium / 1080p	0−1	8−9
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than GeForce 720A.
high / 1080p	−	12−14
ultra / 1080p	−	10−11
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
low / 720p	0−1	24−27
medium / 1080p	−	12−14
low / 768p	50−55	45−50
high / 1080p	45−50	45−50
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 720A in Call of Duty: Warzone is 6% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p	60−65	140−150
medium / 768p	27−30	110−120
ultra / 1080p	7−8	55−60
QHD / 1440p	−	30−33
4K / 2160p	−	27−30
high / 768p	16−18	80−85
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 257% more, than GeForce 720A.
low / 768p	70−75	55−60
ultra / 1080p	0−1	20−22
medium / 1080p	45−50	45−50
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 720A in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p	45−50	80−85
medium / 768p	10−11	60−65
ultra / 1080p	0−1	35−40
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Dota 2 is 148% more, than GeForce 720A.
high / 1080p	−	8−9
ultra / 1080p	−	8−9
4K / 2160p	−	3−4
low / 720p	0−1	18−20
medium / 1080p	−	9−10
high / 1080p	−	14−16
ultra / 1080p	−	10−11
low / 720p	21−24	60−65
medium / 1080p	0−1	24−27
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Fortnite is 181% more, than GeForce 720A.
high / 1080p	0−1	12−14
ultra / 1080p	−	10−12
QHD / 1440p	0−1	1−2
low / 720p	0−1	27−30
medium / 1080p	0−1	14−16
low / 768p	18−20	50−55
medium / 768p	−	45−50
high / 1080p	0−1	12−14
ultra / 1080p	−	6−7
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
medium / 720p	12−14	−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Grand Theft Auto V is 173% more, than GeForce 720A.
high / 1080p	−	5−6
ultra / 1080p	−	3−4
4K / 2160p	−	0−1
low / 720p	0−1	12−14
medium / 1080p	−	6−7
low / 768p	75−80	95−100
high / 1080p	27−30	90−95
ultra / 1080p	−	80−85
medium / 1080p	−	90−95
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in Minecraft is 79% more, than GeForce 720A.
high / 1080p	−	16−18
ultra / 1080p	−	14−16
low / 720p	8−9	30−35
medium / 1080p	−	18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 300% more, than GeForce 720A.
ultra / 1080p	−	7−8
QHD / 1440p	−	0−1
low / 720p	0−1	12−14
medium / 1080p	−	10−12
low / 768p	0−1	24−27
medium / 768p	−	16−18
high / 1080p	−	9−10
ultra / 1080p	−	6−7
4K / 2160p	−	6−7
low / 768p	45−50	85−90
medium / 768p	14−16	45−50
ultra / 1080p	0−1	20−22
high / 768p	12−14	35−40
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in World of Tanks is 128% more, than GeForce 720A.

Full Specs

	GeForce 720A	Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Terascale 1
Code name	GF117	M98-XT
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	1 July 2014	9 January 2009
Pipelines	96	800
Core clock speed	775 MHz	550 MHz
Boost Clock	938 MHz
Transistor count	585 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Texture fill rate	15.01	22.00
Floating-point performance	360.2 gflops	880.0 gflops
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	888 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	56.83 GB/s
Shared memory		-
DirectX	12 (11_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1
Laptop size		large
		Check Price

GeForce 720A vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Main Specs

Game benchmarks

Full Specs

Similar compares