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Radeon HD 4670 1GB vs Radeon HD 5670

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The Radeon HD 4670 1GB has clock speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 1100 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR4/GDDR3/DDR3/DDR2 memory. It features 320(64x5) SPUs as well as 32 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 5670, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 775 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific card. It features 400(80x5) SPUs as well as 20 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5670 61 Watts
Radeon HD 4670 1GB 70 Watts
Difference: 9 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon HD 5670 should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon HD 4670 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 5670 64000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4670 1GB 35200 MB/sec
Difference: 28800 (82%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4670 1GB will be a lot (more or less 55%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 5670. (explain)

Radeon HD 4670 1GB 24000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5670 15500 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 8500 (55%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 5670 is the winner, but only just. (explain)

Radeon HD 5670 6200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4670 1GB 6000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 200 (3%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model Radeon HD 4670 1GB Radeon HD 5670
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year Sep 10, 2008 January 14, 2010
Code Name RV730 XT Redwood XT
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 750 MHz 775 MHz
Memory Speed 2200 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 70 watts 61 watts
Bandwidth 35200 MB/sec 64000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 24000 Mtexels/sec 15500 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 6000 Mpixels/sec 6200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 320(64x5) 400(80x5)
Texture Mapping Units 32 20
Render Output Units 8 8
Bus Type GDDR4/GDDR3/DDR3/DDR2 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 40 nm
Transistors 514 million 627 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16, AGP 8x PCIe 2.1 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.2

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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Comments

One Response to “Radeon HD 4670 1GB vs Radeon HD 5670”
HUNG says:

IF WE ARE TALKING = EFFICIENCY CLOCK FOR CLOCK and the 4670 had gddr5 like the 5670 i would say the 4670 would be the best as two stand alone cards on 55 and 40nm 5670 gets the nod

but if at the same nm and clock and same ram id take the 4670 over the 5670

that texture fillrate is insane really and at 800mhz with high bandwidth ram it could be a amazing gpu

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