Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs GeForce GTX 650
Summary
Radeon HD 4870 X2
144%
GeForce GTX 650
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
Around 44% higher average synthetic performance. |
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 650 |
221 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 4870 X2 . |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Supports PhysX |
Supports G-Sync |
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 4870 X2
The Radeon HD 4870 X2 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | | GeForce GTX 650 | |
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GPU Name | R700 (R700 XT) | vs | GK106 () |
Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 256 mm² | vs | 221 mm² |
Transistors | 956 million | vs | 2,540 million |
Shaders | 800 | vs | 384 |
Compute Units | 10 | vs | 2 |
Core clock | 700 MHz | vs | 1058 MHz |
ROPs | 16 | vs | 16 |
TMUs | 40 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | | GeForce GTX 650 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | | GeForce GTX 650 | |
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TDP | 286 watts | vs | 65 watts |
Release Date | 12 Aug 2008 | vs | 27 Nov 2013 |
Radeon HD 4870 X2
22.40 GP/s
GeForce GTX 650
8.46 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870 X2
56.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 650
33.90 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870 X2
230.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 650
80.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870 X2
2240.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 650
812.50 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870 X2
4170
GeForce GTX 650
2880
Points (higher is better)