NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 960
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 61% higher core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 700 MHz
- Around 8% better floating-point performance: 2,413 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
- 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 286 Watt
- 4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 1309
- Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 565
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 22 January 2015 vs 12 August 2008 |
| Core clock speed | 1127 MHz vs 700 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,413 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 286 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 6111 vs 1309 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 673 vs 565 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3335 vs 3323 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3335 vs 3323 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
- 3.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 72 billion / sec
- Around 56% higher pipelines: 2x 800 vs 1024
- 514.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
| Texture fill rate | 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 72 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 2x 800 vs 1024 |
| Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 6111 | 1309 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 673 | 565 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18734 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 73.733 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 792.44 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.888 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.338 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 200.825 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7218 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3691 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3335 | 3323 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7218 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3691 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3335 | 3323 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 162 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | TeraScale |
| Code name | GM206 | R700 |
| Launch date | 22 January 2015 | 12 August 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $550 |
| Place in performance rating | 514 | 466 |
| Price now | $229.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 34.63 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 1127 MHz | 700 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1024 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,413 gflops | 2x 1,120.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 2x 800 |
| Texture fill rate | 72 billion / sec | 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 286 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,940 million | 956 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
| HDCP | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | 267 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| SLI options | 2x | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pins | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2x 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB / s | 2x 115.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7.0 GB/s | 3600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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