AMD Radeon HD 7600G vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7600G and ATI Radeon HD 4870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 7600G

ATI Radeon HD 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7600G

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 91 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2012 vs 25 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	91 vs 44

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

2.3x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 320 MHz
2.1x more pipelines: 800 vs 384
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3073
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3073
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1384 vs 330

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 320 MHz
Pipelines	800 vs 384
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 3073
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 3073
PassMark - G3D Mark	1384 vs 330

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7600G
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3073

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3073

3346

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

330

1384

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7600G	ATI Radeon HD 4870
Geekbench - OpenCL	1112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1739
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3073	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3073	3346
PassMark - G2D Mark	91	44
PassMark - G3D Mark	330	1384

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7600G	ATI Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	TeraScale
Code name	Trinity	RV770
Launch date	1 September 2012	25 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1328	1331
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	424 MHz
Core clock speed	320 MHz	750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	800
Floating-point performance		1,200.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		150 Watt
Transistor count		956 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video