AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 286 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 12 August 2008
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 286 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

5.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 40 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 640
Around 75% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 1,280 gflops

Texture fill rate	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 40 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 1,280 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	45762
PassMark - G3D Mark		1309
PassMark - G2D Mark		565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Cape Verde	R700
Launch date	8 January 2013	12 August 2008
Place in performance rating	468	466
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$550
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,280 gflops	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	2x 800
Texture fill rate	40 GTexel / s	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	286 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5