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GeForce GTX 870M vs Radeon HD 4870 1GB

Intro

The GeForce GTX 870M features clock speeds of 941 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1344 SPUs along with 112 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 4870 1GB, which makes use of a 55 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 750 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular model. It features 800(160x5) SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 870M 110 Watts
Radeon HD 4870 1GB 150 Watts
Difference: 40 Watts (36%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 4870 1GB should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 870M overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 4870 1GB 115200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 870M 96000 MB/sec
Difference: 19200 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 870M will be much (about 251%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4870 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 870M 105392 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4870 1GB 30000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 75392 (251%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 870M will be much (approximately 88%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4870 1GB, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 870M 22584 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4870 1GB 12000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 10584 (88%)

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

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Model GeForce GTX 870M Radeon HD 4870 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year March 12 2014 Jun 25, 2008
Code Name GK104 RV770 XT
Memory 3072 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 941 MHz 750 MHz
Memory Speed 4000 MHz 3600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 110 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 96000 MB/sec 115200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 105392 Mtexels/sec 30000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 22584 Mpixels/sec 12000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 1344 800(160x5)
Texture Mapping Units 112 40
Render Output Units 24 16
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 192-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 55 nm
Transistors (Unknown) million 956 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 870M

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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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