GeForce GTX 260 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 260 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, 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 GTX 260 stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, check out specs charts below.

Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 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 X2 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 260 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 260 has 894 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 260 is 692 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 260 is 111 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 9−10
ultra / 1080p 1−2 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 21−24
medium / 1080p 5−6 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than GeForce GTX 260.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 260 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Terascale 1
Code name GT200 M98-XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 16 June 2008 9 January 2009
Pipelines 192 1600
Core clock speed 1242 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 36.9 billion/sec 22.00
Floating-point performance 476.9 gflops 2x 880.0 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 448 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz 888 MHz
Memory bandwidth 111.9 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.0 4.1
OpenGL 2.1 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 192
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 30 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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