GeForce GTS 360M vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 360M 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 GTS 360M stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4870, check out specs charts below.
GeForce GTS 360M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: GeForce GTS 360M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce GTS 360M or Mobility Radeon HD 4870 here:
Main Specs
GeForce GTS 360M
Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Power consumption (TDP)
38 Watt
Interface
MXM-II
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
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GeForce GTS 360M is connected by MXM-II, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
GeForce GTS 360M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
Both cards are used in Laptops.
GeForce GTS 360M is build with GT2xx architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - with Terascale 1.
Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 360M is 886 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
GeForce GTS 360M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
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 GTS 360M.
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 GTS 360M 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 GTS 360M.
low / 768p
70−75
55−60
ultra / 1080p
0−1
20−22
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTS 360M 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 GTS 360M.
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 GTS 360M.
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 GTS 360M.
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 GTS 360M.
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 GTS 360M.
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 GTS 360M.
Full Specs
GeForce GTS 360M
Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Architecture
GT2xx
Terascale 1
Code name
N11E-GS1
M98-XT
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
7 January 2010
9 January 2009
Pipelines
96
800
Core clock speed
1436 MHz
550 MHz
Transistor count
727 million
956 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
55 nm
Texture fill rate
17.60
22.00
Floating-point performance
275.71 gflops
880.0 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
888 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
56.83 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model
4.1
4.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
CUDA
+
CUDA cores
96
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
SLI options
+
HDMI
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Laptop size
large
large
Gigaflops
413
MXM Type
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management
8.0
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