GeForce GTX 460 v2 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 460 v2 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 460 v2 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 460 v2 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 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.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 460 v2.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 v2 is 229 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 v2 is 3120 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 9−10
ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 21−24
medium / 1080p 12−14 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 460 v2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 8% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 v2 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture Fermi 2.0 Terascale 1
Code name GF114 M98-XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 24 September 2011 9 January 2009
Pipelines 336 1600
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 2x 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 89.6 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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