ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs ATI Radeon HD 4770

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5870 and ATI Radeon HD 4770 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 4 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 750 MHz
  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 1600 vs 640
  • 2.8x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 960.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2213 vs 898
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 97
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 September 2009 vs 28 April 2009
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate 68.0 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1600 vs 640
Floating-point performance 2,720.0 gflops vs 960.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2213 vs 898
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 vs 97

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4770

  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 188 Watt
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8618 vs 3349
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8618 vs 3349
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 188 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8618 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8618 vs 3349

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4770

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2213
898
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
413
97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
8618
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
8618
Name ATI Radeon HD 5870 ATI Radeon HD 4770
PassMark - G3D Mark 2213 898
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 97
Geekbench - OpenCL 1857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.775
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 8618
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 8618
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5870 ATI Radeon HD 4770

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale
Code name Cypress RV740
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 23 September 2009 28 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $109
Place in performance rating 782 783
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Core clock speed 850 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,720.0 gflops 960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1600 640
Texture fill rate 68.0 GTexel / s 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 188 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 2,154 million 826 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 282 mm 203 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 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 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity