AMD Radeon HD 8970M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8970M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 8970M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 550 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
3.3x better floating-point performance: 2,304 gflops vs 704.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 2800 MHz
7.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3876 vs 512
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 285

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2013 vs 3 March 2009
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	72 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,304 gflops vs 704.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 2800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3876 vs 512
PassMark - G2D Mark	807 vs 285

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8970M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3876

512

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

807

285

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8970M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
PassMark - G3D Mark	3876	512
PassMark - G2D Mark	807	285
Geekbench - OpenCL	20899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	89.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2595
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8970M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Neptune	M97
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	14 May 2013	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	552	549
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	850 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,304 gflops	704.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	640
Texture fill rate	72 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	826 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	2800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
PowerTune
ZeroCore
CrossFire
Powerplay