GeForce 830A vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Mobility Radeon HD 4850 Mac Edition Mobility Radeon HD 4850 X2 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
VS
830A 830M 840A 840M 845M 920MX 930A 930M 930MX 940A 940M MX130

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 and GeForce 830A, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2
2009
1 GB GDDR5
3.00

Contents

ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 Mobility HD 4870 X2
GeForce 830A GeForce 830A

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking767766
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data6.52
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameM98GM108
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 January 2009 (16 years ago)22 July 2014 (10 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 cores800256
Core clock speed550 MHz1082 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1150 MHz
Number of transistors956 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data33 Watt
Texture fill rate22.0018.40
Floating-point processing power0.88 TFLOPS0.5888 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4016

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth89.6 GB/s14.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-5.0

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:

Full HD42
+5%
40−45
−5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+8.3%
12−14
−8.3%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Valorant 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Dota 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Fortnite 16−18
+6.3%
16−18
−6.3%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+8.3%
12−14
−8.3%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+3.7%
27−30
−3.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Valorant 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
World of Tanks 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Dota 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+8.3%
12−14
−8.3%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+3.7%
27−30
−3.7%
Valorant 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
World of Tanks 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Valorant 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Valorant 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 and GeForce 830A compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 4870 X2 is 5% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Recency 9 January 2009 22 July 2014
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm

GeForce 830A has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 and GeForce 830A.

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