NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1046 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 49% better floating-point performance: 3,333 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 286 Watt
  • Around 95% higher memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 3600 MHz
  • 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5925 vs 1309
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 3323
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 3323
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 May 2013 vs 12 August 2008
Core clock speed 1046 MHz vs 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,333 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt vs 286 Watt
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5925 vs 1309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 vs 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 vs 3323

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

  • Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 134 billion / sec
  • Around 4% higher pipelines: 2x 800 vs 1536
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 560
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 134 billion / sec
Pipelines 2x 800 vs 1536
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 565 vs 560

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5925
1309
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
560
565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3323
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 5925 1309
PassMark - G2D Mark 560 565
Geekbench - OpenCL 18410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1089.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 103.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 3323
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2138

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale
Code name GK104 R700
Launch date 30 May 2013 12 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $550
Place in performance rating 523 438
Price now $449.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.45

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1085 MHz
Core clock speed 1046 MHz 700 MHz
CUDA cores 1536
Floating-point performance 3,333 gflops 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 1536 2x 800
Texture fill rate 134 billion / sec 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt 286 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI... 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 267 mm
Minimum recommended system power 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors One 8-pin and one 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 224.3 GB / s 2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
PhysX
TXAA