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Radeon HD 4870 2GB vs Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)
Intro
The Radeon HD 4870 2GB features a core clock speed of 750 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It is made up of 800(160x5) SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM), which features GPU clock speed of 625 MHz, and 512 MB of GDDR3 memory set to run at 800 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is made up of 160 Stream Processors, 8 Texture Address Units, and 4 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) |
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31 Watts |
| Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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150 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 4870 2GB should in theory be quite a bit superior to the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) overall. (explain)
| Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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115200 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) |
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12800 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 4870 2GB is a lot (more or less 500%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM). (explain)| Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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30000 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) |
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5000 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 4870 2GB is superior to the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM), by a large margin. (explain)| Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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12000 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) |
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2500 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
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Specifications
| Model | Radeon HD 4870 2GB | Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) |
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| Manufacturer | AMD | AMD |
| Year | Jun 25, 2008 | February 2011 |
| Code Name | RV770 XT | Caicos |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 512 MB |
| Core Speed | 750 MHz | 625 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 3600 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 150 watts | 31 watts |
| Bandwidth | 115200 MB/sec | 12800 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 30000 Mtexels/sec | 5000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 12000 Mpixels/sec | 2500 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 800(160x5) | 160 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | 8 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 4 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 64-bit |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 956 million | 370 million |
| Bus | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10.1 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
Radeon HD 4870 2GBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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