AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- Around 14% better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
- Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 286 Watt
- 3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4636 vs 1309
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 589 vs 565
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3323
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3323
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 5 March 2012 vs 12 August 2008 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,560 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt vs 286 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4636 vs 1309 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 589 vs 565 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 3323 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 3323 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
- 2.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 80 GTexel / s
- Around 25% higher pipelines: 2x 800 vs 1280
- 3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
| Texture fill rate | 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 80 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2x 800 vs 1280 |
| Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4636 | 1309 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 589 | 565 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 77430 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 55.001 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 952.668 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.767 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.456 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 294.215 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6821 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | 3323 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6821 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | 3323 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1651 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale |
| Code name | Pitcairn | R700 |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
| Launch date | 5 March 2012 | 12 August 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | $550 |
| Place in performance rating | 477 | 436 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,560 gflops | 2x 1,120.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 2x 800 |
| Stream Processors | 1024 | |
| Texture fill rate | 80 GTexel / s | 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt | 286 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,800 million | 956 million |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 2.1 x16 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 267 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2x 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 2x 115.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 3600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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