AMD Radeon HD 8530M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8530M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8530M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8530M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 550 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1776 MHz
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 438 vs 416

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2014 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1776 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	438 vs 416

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 22 GTexel / s vs 16.8 GTexel / s
2.1x more pipelines: 800 vs 384
Around 64% better floating-point performance: 880.0 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 720 vs 490

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	22 GTexel / s vs 16.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 384
Floating-point performance	880.0 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	720 vs 490

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8530M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

490

720

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

438

416

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8530M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark	490	720
PassMark - G2D Mark	438	416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	39.6
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8530M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Mars	M98
Launch date	10 January 2014	9 January 2009
Place in performance rating	581	584
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	700 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	537.6 gflops	880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	800
Texture fill rate	16.8 GTexel / s	22 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	56.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1776 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay