Radeon HD 4350 AGP vs Radeon HD 6870
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4350 AGP |
| 131 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6870 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6870 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 6870
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4350 AGP | | Radeon HD 6870 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV710 () | vs | Barts (Barts XT) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 73 mm² | vs | 255 mm² |
| Transistors | 242 million | vs | 1,700 million |
| Shaders | 80 | vs | 1120 |
| Compute Units | 1 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4350 AGP | | Radeon HD 6870 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 650 MHz
1300 MHz effective | vs | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4350 AGP | | Radeon HD 6870 | |
|---|
| TDP | 20 watts | vs | 151 watts |
| Release Date | 30 Sep 2008 | vs | 21 Oct 2010 |
Radeon HD 4350 AGP
2.40 GP/s
Radeon HD 6870
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4350 AGP
4.80 GT/s
Radeon HD 6870
50.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4350 AGP
10.40 GB/s
Radeon HD 6870
134.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 4350 AGP
96.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6870
2016.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better