GeForce GTX 580M vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 580M 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 GTX 580M stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4870, check out specs charts below.
GeForce GTX 580M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: GeForce GTX 580M 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 GTX 580M or Mobility Radeon HD 4870 here:
Main Specs
GeForce GTX 580M
Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 MB
1 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
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GeForce GTX 580M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
GeForce GTX 580M has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
Both cards are used in Laptops.
GeForce GTX 580M is build with Fermi architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - with Terascale 1.
Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 580M is 70 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
GeForce GTX 580M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 580M is 612 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
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
10−12
7−8
ultra / 1080p
6−7
4−5
QHD / 1440p
1−2
0−1
low / 720p
24−27
16−18
medium / 1080p
14−16
8−9
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 55% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
18−20
12−14
ultra / 1080p
16−18
10−11
QHD / 1440p
2−3
0−1
low / 720p
40−45
24−27
medium / 1080p
20−22
12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Battlefield 5 is 60% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
−
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
GeForce GTX 580M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
180−190
140−150
medium / 768p
150−160
110−120
ultra / 1080p
75−80
55−60
QHD / 1440p
45−50
30−33
4K / 2160p
30−33
27−30
high / 768p
110−120
80−85
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 32% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
30−35
20−22
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Cyberpunk 2077 is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
95−100
80−85
medium / 768p
80−85
60−65
ultra / 1080p
50−55
35−40
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Dota 2 is 28% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
12−14
8−9
ultra / 1080p
12−14
8−9
4K / 2160p
5−6
3−4
low / 720p
30−33
18−20
medium / 1080p
14−16
9−10
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Far Cry 5 is 66% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
20−22
14−16
ultra / 1080p
14−16
10−11
low / 720p
80−85
60−65
medium / 1080p
40−45
24−27
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Fortnite is 42% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
20−22
12−14
ultra / 1080p
16−18
10−12
QHD / 1440p
5−6
1−2
low / 720p
40−45
27−30
medium / 1080p
21−24
14−16
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Forza Horizon 4 is 61% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
70−75
50−55
medium / 768p
60−65
45−50
high / 1080p
21−24
12−14
ultra / 1080p
9−10
6−7
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Grand Theft Auto V is 41% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
7−8
5−6
ultra / 1080p
5−6
3−4
4K / 2160p
1−2
0−1
low / 720p
21−24
12−14
medium / 1080p
10−11
6−7
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Metro Exodus is 57% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
100−110
95−100
high / 1080p
−
90−95
ultra / 1080p
95−100
80−85
medium / 1080p
100−110
90−95
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Minecraft is 13% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
20−22
16−18
ultra / 1080p
16−18
14−16
low / 720p
45−50
30−35
medium / 1080p
21−24
18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 35% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
12−14
−
ultra / 1080p
8−9
7−8
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
21−24
12−14
medium / 1080p
14−16
10−12
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 50% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
40−45
24−27
medium / 768p
24−27
16−18
high / 1080p
14−16
9−10
ultra / 1080p
9−10
6−7
4K / 2160p
7−8
6−7
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 53% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
95−100
85−90
medium / 768p
55−60
45−50
ultra / 1080p
27−30
20−22
high / 768p
45−50
35−40
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in World of Tanks is 18% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
Full Specs
GeForce GTX 580M
Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Architecture
Fermi
Terascale 1
Code name
N12E-GTX2
M98-XT
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
28 June 2011
9 January 2009
Pipelines
384
800
Core clock speed
620 MHz
550 MHz
Transistor count
1,950 million
956 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
55 nm
Texture fill rate
39.7 billion/sec
22.00
Floating-point performance
952.3 gflops
880.0 gflops
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
888 MHz
Memory bandwidth
96.0 GB/s
56.83 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
12 API
10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
CUDA
+
CUDA cores
384
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
SLI options
+
3D Blu-Ray
+
3D Gaming
+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
40 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
large
Optimus
+
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