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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1345
1386
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
335
43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2799
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2799
3346
Name ATI Radeon HD 5770 ATI Radeon HD 4870
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 11 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

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

AMD Eyefinity