GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon HD 4830

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon HD 4830. 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 970M and Radeon HD 4830. 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.

GeForce GTX 970M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 970M 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 GeForce GTX 970M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 970M Radeon HD 4830
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • GeForce GTX 970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 4830 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 4830 has 506 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 970M.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 4830 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 4830 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 349 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4830.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4830 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4830.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 0−1
ultra / 1080p 21−24 0−1
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 10−12
medium / 1080p 40−45 2−3
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 766% more, than Radeon HD 4830.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 970M Radeon HD 4830
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale
Code name GM204 RV770
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 October 2014 21 October 2008
Pipelines 1280 640
Core clock speed 924 MHz 575 MHz
Boost Clock 1038 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 83.04 18.40
Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops 736.0 gflops
Length 246 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120 GB/s 57.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 6.4 4.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1280
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 314 Mh/s
Laptop size large
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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