GeForce GTX 460 v2 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 v2 Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 v2 is 229 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 v2 is 3120 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 7−8
ultra / 1080p 6−7 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 16−18
medium / 1080p 12−14 8−9
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 460 v2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 44% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 v2 Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Architecture Fermi 2.0 Terascale 1
Code name GF114 M98-XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 24 September 2011 9 January 2009
Pipelines 336 800
Core clock speed 779 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 43.62 22.00
Floating-point performance 1,045.6 gflops 880.0 gflops
Length 210 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz 888 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96.19 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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 75 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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