ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition vs ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition and ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition

ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 600 MHz
6.3x more texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 800 vs 80
12.5x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 96 gflops
2.8x more memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 80
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 96 gflops
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1

4.7x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition	ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV770	RV620
Launch date	6 January 2009	1 January 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	800	80
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort	1x VHDCI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x1
Length	250 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3