NVIDIA GeForce 615 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 615 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

NVIDIA GeForce 615

ATI Radeon HD 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 615

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 292 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2012 vs 25 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	292 vs 43

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 660 MHz
5.7x more texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 5.28 GTexel / s
16.7x more pipelines: 800 vs 48
9.5x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 126.7 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1386 vs 507
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 1708
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 1708

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 5.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 48
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 126.7 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1386 vs 507
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 1708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 1708

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 615
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

507

1386

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

292

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1708

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1708

3346

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 615	ATI Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark	507	1386
PassMark - G2D Mark	292	43
Geekbench - OpenCL	1323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.257
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1708	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1708	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 615	ATI Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF108	RV770
Launch date	15 May 2012	25 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1326	1329
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	660 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	126.7 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	800
Texture fill rate	5.28 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5