AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 28% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 2x 800
- Around 69% better floating-point performance: 3,789 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 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2x 1 GB
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3323
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3323
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 22 December 2011 vs 12 August 2008 |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 2x 800 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2x 1 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 vs 3323 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 vs 3323 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
- Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 118.4 GTexel / s
- Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 286 Watt vs 300 Watt
- 2.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1375 MHz
| Texture fill rate | 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 118.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 286 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz vs 1375 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
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| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34541 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 84.413 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1390.592 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.336 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 101.929 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 481.76 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9448 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3704 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 | 3323 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9448 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3704 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 | 3323 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2276 | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1309 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 565 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale |
| Code name | Tahiti | R700 |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
| Launch date | 22 December 2011 | 12 August 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $550 |
| Place in performance rating | 464 | 466 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops | 2x 1,120.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 2x 800 |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s | 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | 286 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,313 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 | 274 mm | 267 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 | 3 GB | 2x 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 264 GB/s | 2x 115.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | 3600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| FreeSync | ||
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