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.

AMD FirePro D700

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

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	25241
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	590	592
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