AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

ATI Radeon HD 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 55 nm

Launch date	7 Jan 2020 vs 25 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 55 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

Around 79% higher pipelines: 800 vs 448

Pipelines	800 vs 448

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	ATI Radeon HD 4870
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1069
Geekbench - OpenCL	11203
PassMark - G3D Mark		1386
PassMark - G2D Mark		43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	ATI Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	TeraScale
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	RV770
Launch date	7 Jan 2020	25 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1317	1329
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	448	800
Core clock speed		750 MHz
Floating-point performance		1,200.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		150 Watt
Transistor count		956 million
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5