Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) vs Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) |
| 135 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. |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition |
| Around 11% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition
The Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) | | Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Spectre () | vs | RV770 (RV770 PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 245 mm² | vs | 256 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,410 million | vs | 956 million |
| Shaders | 512 | vs | 800 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 720 MHz | vs | 750 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 40 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) | | Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 850 MHz
3400 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) | | Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition | |
|---|
| TDP | 15 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Jan 2014 | vs | 6 Jan 2009 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)