Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition vs GeForce GTX 580
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition |
| 94 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 580 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 580 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 175% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 580
The GeForce GTX 580 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition | | GeForce GTX 580 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV770 (RV770 PRO) | vs | GF110 (GF110-375-A1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 256 mm² | vs | 520 mm² |
| Transistors | 956 million | vs | 3,000 million |
| Shaders | 800 | vs | 512 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 750 MHz | vs | 772 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition | | GeForce GTX 580 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 850 MHz
3400 MHz effective | vs | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1536 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition | | GeForce GTX 580 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 244 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Jan 2009 | vs | 9 Nov 2010 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)