AMD Radeon RX 570 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570 and ATI Mobility 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, 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.

AMD Radeon RX 570

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 926-1168 MHz vs 550 MHz
717.3x more texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 2x 22 GTexel / s billion / sec
Around 28% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1600
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 1 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2800 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	926-1168 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s vs 2x 22 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 1600
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 2800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

345.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 880.0 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	2x 880.0 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

Name	AMD Radeon RX 570	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967
PassMark - G2D Mark	626
Geekbench - OpenCL	36107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	880

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 570	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Polaris 20	M98
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$169
Place in performance rating	405	not rated
Price now	$149.99
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	59.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206-1244 MHz
Core clock speed	926-1168 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.1 TFLOPs	2x 880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	1600
Pixel fill rate	39.81 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s	2x 22 GTexel / s billion / sec
Texture Units	128
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	2x 89.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	2800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay