ATI Radeon HD 5770 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5770 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5770
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 13% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 750 MHz
- Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
- Around 13% better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 108 Watt vs 150 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 3600 MHz
- 7.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 335 vs 43
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 13 October 2009 vs 25 June 2008 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 750 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 34.0 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 1,360.0 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 108 Watt vs 150 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz vs 3600 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 335 vs 43 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1386 vs 1345
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 2799
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 2799
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1386 vs 1345 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3346 vs 2799 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3346 vs 2799 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5770
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870
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| Name | ATI Radeon HD 5770 | ATI Radeon HD 4870 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1345 | 1386 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 335 | 43 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 10495 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 9.373 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 459.025 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.906 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 27.022 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 48.793 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2636 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2673 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2799 | 3346 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2636 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2673 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2799 | 3346 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| ATI Radeon HD 5770 | ATI Radeon HD 4870 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | TeraScale |
| Code name | Juniper | RV770 |
| Design | ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series | |
| Launch date | 13 October 2009 | 25 June 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $159 | $299 |
| Place in performance rating | 1094 | 1329 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,360.0 gflops | 1,200.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 800 | 800 |
| Texture fill rate | 34.0 GTexel / s | 30 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 108 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,040 million | 956 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 208 mm | 250 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB / s | 115.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | 3600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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