ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 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 5870

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 89% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 18.9x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
  • 20x more pipelines: 1600 vs 80
  • 37.8x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 72 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 16.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2216 vs 135
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 408 vs 377
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 1654
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 1654
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 September 2009 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 68.0 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1600 vs 80
Floating-point performance 2,720.0 gflops vs 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2216 vs 135
PassMark - G2D Mark 408 vs 377
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 1654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 1654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5870
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2216
135
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
408
377
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
1654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
1654
Name ATI Radeon HD 5870 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330
PassMark - G3D Mark 2216 135
PassMark - G2D Mark 408 377
Geekbench - OpenCL 1854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1336.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 245.813
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 1654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 1654
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5870 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale
Code name Cypress M92
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 23 September 2009 9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 792 794
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Core clock speed 850 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,720.0 gflops 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 1600 80
Texture fill rate 68.0 GTexel / s 3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 188 Watt
Transistor count 2,154 million 242 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 282 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s 9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay