ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5725

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition and ATI Mobility FireGL V5725 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 680 MHz
  • 5.5x more texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
  • 6.7x more pipelines: 800 vs 120
  • 7.4x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 163.2 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 680 MHz
Texture fill rate 30 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
Pipelines 800 vs 120
Floating-point performance 1,200.0 gflops vs 163.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 3400 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5725

Name ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition ATI Mobility FireGL V5725
PassMark - G3D Mark 219
PassMark - G2D Mark 405

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition ATI Mobility FireGL V5725

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale TeraScale
Code name RV770 M86
Launch date 6 January 2009 1 January 2009
Place in performance rating not rated 392
Type Desktop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 750 MHz 680 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,200.0 gflops 163.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 800 120
Texture fill rate 30 GTexel / s 5.44 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt
Transistor count 956 million 378 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 108.8 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3400 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0