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Geforce GTX 760 vs Radeon HD 4870 1GB
Intro
The Geforce GTX 760 has a GPU core speed of 980 MHz, and the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1152 Stream Processors, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4870 1GB, which features a core clock frequency of 750 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It features 800(160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 4870 1GB |
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150 Watts |
| Geforce GTX 760 |
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170 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The Geforce GTX 760, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon HD 4870 1GB in general. (explain)
| Geforce GTX 760 |
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192256 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 4870 1GB |
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115200 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Geforce GTX 760 should be much (about 214%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4870 1GB. (explain)| Geforce GTX 760 |
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94080 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4870 1GB |
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30000 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Geforce GTX 760 should be much (approximately 161%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon HD 4870 1GB, and also able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)| Geforce GTX 760 |
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31360 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4870 1GB |
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12000 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 | Geforce GTX 760 | Radeon HD 4870 1GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | June 2013 | Jun 25, 2008 |
| Code Name | GK104 | RV770 XT |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 980 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 6008 MHz | 3600 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 170 watts | 150 watts |
| Bandwidth | 192256 MB/sec | 115200 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 94080 Mtexels/sec | 30000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 31360 Mpixels/sec | 12000 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 1152 | 800(160x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 96 | 40 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 16 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Transistors | 3540 million | 956 million |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11.0 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.3 | OpenGL 3.0 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
Geforce GTX 760Amazon.com
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Radeon HD 4870 1GBAmazon.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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Comments
2 Responses to “Geforce GTX 760 vs Radeon HD 4870 1GB”I just upgraded from hd4870 1GB to a GTX 760 OC and BF3 almost doubles in FPS, a bit disappointing.
I would have expected it to make a larger difference.
BF3 Settings: textures HIGH, everything else low and no AA.
1920*1200 @60hz
hd4870 1gb: average 45 FPS
GTX 760 OC 2gb: average 75 FPS
Hmmm,
check your bf3 setting i think has upped setting automatcly by 760 gtx