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    GeForce MX230 vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce MX230 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 MX230 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.
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    GeForce MX230 and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce MX230 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 MX230 or Mobility Radeon HD 4870 here:

    GeForce MX230 Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 4870 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce MX230 Mobility Radeon HD 4870
    Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce MX230 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce MX230 has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce MX230 is build with Pascal architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - with Terascale 1.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce MX230 is 969 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
    • GeForce MX230 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce MX230 is 6112 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 7−8
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 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 MX230 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.

    Full Specs

      GeForce MX230 Mobility Radeon HD 4870
    Architecture Pascal Terascale 1
    Code name N17S-G0 M98-XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 20 February 2019 9 January 2009
    Pipelines 256 800
    Core clock speed 1519 MHz 550 MHz
    Boost Clock 1531 MHz
    Transistor count 1,800 million 956 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 25.31 22.00
    Floating-point performance 880.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 888 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB/s 56.83 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 10.1 (10_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 4.1
    OpenGL 4.6 3.3
    OpenCL 1.2 1.1
    Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
    CUDA +
    Laptop size medium sized large
    Optimus +
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