ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs GeForce GTX 460M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 460M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 460M SLI
2010
2x1536 MB GDDR5
4.29
+59.5%

GTX 460M SLI outperforms ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 by an impressive 59% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking650773
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameN11E-GSM98
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 September 2010 (14 years ago)9 January 2009 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384800 ×2
Core clock speed675 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistorsno data956 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Texture fill rateno data22.00 ×2
Floating-point processing powerno data0.88 TFLOPS ×2
ROPsno data16 ×2
TMUsno data40 ×2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x1536 MB1 GB ×2
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed1250 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data89.6 GB/s ×2
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1110.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 460M SLI 4.29
+59.5%
ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 2.69

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 460M SLI 14236
+69.6%
ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 8396

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p52
+73.3%
30−35
−73.3%
Full HD67
+52.3%
44
−52.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+138%
8−9
−138%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Battlefield 5 18−20
+90%
10−11
−90%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+138%
8−9
−138%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Fortnite 27−30
+80%
14−16
−80%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+28.6%
14−16
−28.6%
Valorant 55−60
+28.3%
45−50
−28.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Battlefield 5 18−20
+90%
10−11
−90%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+138%
8−9
−138%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 80−85
+47.3%
55−60
−47.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Dota 2 40−45
+42.9%
27−30
−42.9%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Fortnite 27−30
+80%
14−16
−80%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+28.6%
14−16
−28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Valorant 55−60
+28.3%
45−50
−28.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+90%
10−11
−90%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Dota 2 40−45
+42.9%
27−30
−42.9%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+28.6%
14−16
−28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Valorant 55−60
+28.3%
45−50
−28.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 27−30
+80%
14−16
−80%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
+71.4%
21−24
−71.4%
Grand Theft Auto V 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+36%
24−27
−36%
Valorant 50−55
+82.1%
27−30
−82.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Valorant 24−27
+60%
14−16
−60%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

This is how GTX 460M SLI and ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 460M SLI is 73% faster in 900p
  • GTX 460M SLI is 52% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 460M SLI is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 460M SLI is ahead in 55 tests (96%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.29 2.69
Recency 3 September 2010 9 January 2009
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm

GTX 460M SLI has a 59.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 460M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 in performance tests.

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