Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition vs GeForce 505 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce 505 OEM |
| 125 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition | | GeForce 505 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV770 (RV770 PRO) | vs | GT218 (GT218-300-B1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 256 mm² | vs | 57 mm² |
| Transistors | 956 million | vs | 260 million |
| Shaders | 800 | vs | 16 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 750 MHz | vs | 589 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition | | GeForce 505 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 850 MHz
3400 MHz effective | vs | 600 MHz
1200 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition | | GeForce 505 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 25 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Jan 2009 | vs | 6 Jan 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better