AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M470X

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 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
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3244 vs 1309
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3323
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3323

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 12 August 2008
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244 vs 1309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3323

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

3.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Around 79% higher pipelines: 2x 800 vs 896
Around 14% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 426

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 896
Floating-point performance	2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	565 vs 426

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3244

1309

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3323

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3323

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244	1309
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	565
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Strato	R700
Launch date	15 May 2016	12 August 2008
Place in performance rating	469	466
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$550
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	896	2x 800
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	2,080 million	956 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		286 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0