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    GeForce GTX 580M vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 580M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2. 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 580M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2. 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 GTX 580M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 580M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 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 X2 here:

    GeForce GTX 580M Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 580M Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 MB 2 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 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 580M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 580M is build with Fermi architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with Terascale 1.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 580M is 70 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
    • GeForce GTX 580M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 580M is 612 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 9−10
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
    low / 720p 24−27 21−24
    medium / 1080p 14−16 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 580M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 580M Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Architecture Fermi Terascale 1
    Code name N12E-GTX2 M98-XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 28 June 2011 9 January 2009
    Pipelines 384 1600
    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 2x 880.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 888 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 96.0 GB/s 89.6 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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