AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) 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 RX 470 (Laptop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- Around 32% higher core clock speed: 926 MHz vs 700 MHz
- Around 28% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 2x 800
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
- 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 286 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 1 GB
- Around 83% higher memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 3600 MHz
| Launch date | 4 August 2016 vs 12 August 2008 |
| Core clock speed | 926 MHz vs 700 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 2x 800 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 55 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 286 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2x 1 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 6600 MHz vs 3600 MHz |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
- Around 66% higher texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 137.5 GTexel / s
- 457.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
- Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3323 vs 1674
- Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3323 vs 1674
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 137.5 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3323 vs 1674 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3323 vs 1674 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) | ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34588 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 111.543 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1817.005 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 9.511 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 99.875 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 511.362 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9983 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2443 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1674 | 3323 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9983 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2443 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1674 | 3323 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3699 | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1309 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 565 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) | ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | TeraScale |
| Code name | Ellesmere | R700 |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 4 August 2016 | 12 August 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549.99 | $550 |
| Place in performance rating | 482 | 436 |
| Price now | $109.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 91.95 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1206 MHz | |
| Compute units | 32 | |
| Core clock speed | 926 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 4.9 TFLOPs | 2x 1,120.0 gflops |
| GPU Power | 85-110 Watt | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 2x 800 |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | |
| Texture fill rate | 137.5 GTexel / s | 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 286 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,700 million | 956 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 10.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2x 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 211 GB/s | 2x 115.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6600 MHz | 3600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | ||
| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HDMI 2.0b | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
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