AMD FirePro D700 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro D700 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: 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), 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D700

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 55% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • 4.9x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s
  • 2.6x more pipelines: 2048 vs 800
  • 4x better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3.1x more memory clock speed: 5480 MHz vs 1776 MHz
Launch date 18 January 2014 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate 108.8 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 800
Floating-point performance 3,482 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 5480 MHz vs 1776 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3348

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro D700
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3350
Name AMD FirePro D700 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Geekbench - OpenCL 25178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 74.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1338.806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 91.354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 3350
PassMark - G3D Mark 720
PassMark - G2D Mark 416

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro D700 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Tahiti M98
Launch date 18 January 2014 9 January 2009
Place in performance rating 592 594
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz 550 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,482 gflops 880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 2048 800
Texture fill rate 108.8 GTexel / s 22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 274 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 279 mm
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 263.0 GB / s 56.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5480 MHz 1776 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 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