Iris Pro Graphics 5200 vs Radeon HD 4870
Summary
Reasons to consider Iris Pro Graphics 5200 |
| 105 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 4870 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4870 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Iris Pro Graphics 5200
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Iris Pro Graphics 5200 | | Radeon HD 4870 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Haswell GT3e () | vs | RV770 (RV770 PRO) |
| Fab Process | 22 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 177 mm² | vs | 256 mm² |
| Transistors | 392 million | vs | 956 million |
| Shaders | 40 | vs | 800 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 200 MHz | vs | 750 MHz |
| ROPs | 2 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 40 |
Memory Configuration
| Iris Pro Graphics 5200 | | Radeon HD 4870 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| Iris Pro Graphics 5200 | | Radeon HD 4870 | |
|---|
| TDP | 45 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 3 Jun 2013 | vs | 25 Jun 2008 |
Iris Pro Graphics 5200
10.40 GP/s
Radeon HD 4870
12.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Iris Pro Graphics 5200
20.80 GT/s
Radeon HD 4870
30.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Iris Pro Graphics 5200
0.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 4870
115.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Iris Pro Graphics 5200
832.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 4870
1200.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better