AMD Radeon E8870 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1990 MHz
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3368 vs 1132
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 542
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 September 2015 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3368 vs 1132
PassMark - G2D Mark 708 vs 542

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

  • 4.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 768
  • Around 30% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,000.0 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Texture fill rate 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 800 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2x 1,000.0 gflops vs 1,536 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3368
1132
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
708
542
Name AMD Radeon E8870 ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 3368 1132
PassMark - G2D Mark 708 542
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18191

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon E8870 ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 TeraScale
Code name Saturn R700
Launch date 29 September 2015 7 November 2008
Place in performance rating 340 246
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $420

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 768 2x 800
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1990 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3