AMD Radeon R7 260 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260 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, 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
- 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 286 Watt
- 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2892 vs 1309
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 17 December 2013 vs 12 August 2008 |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt vs 286 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2892 vs 1309 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
- 4.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
- 2.1x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 768
- Around 46% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
- 2.2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1625 MHz
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 559
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2x 800 vs 768 |
Floating-point performance | 2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 1,536 gflops |
Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz vs 1625 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 565 vs 559 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R7 260 | ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2892 | 1309 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 559 | 565 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 26.189 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 798.239 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.223 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 45.294 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 240.395 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3323 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3323 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon R7 260 | ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 2.0 | TeraScale |
Code name | Bonaire | R700 |
Design | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series | |
Launch date | 17 December 2013 | 12 August 2008 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | $550 |
Place in performance rating | 555 | 438 |
Price now | $89.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 44.11 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 1,536 gflops | 2x 1,120.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 768 | 2x 800 |
Stream Processors | 896 | |
Texture fill rate | 48 GTexel / s | 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt | 286 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,080 million | 956 million |
Core clock speed | 700 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 170 mm | 267 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2x 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 104 GB/s | 2x 115.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1625 MHz | 3600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync |