Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition |
| 78 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 78% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 5870 Eyefinity 6
The Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition | | Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV770 (RV770 PRO) | vs | Cypress (Cypress XT) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 256 mm² | vs | 334 mm² |
| Transistors | 956 million | vs | 2,154 million |
| Shaders | 800 | vs | 1600 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 750 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition | | Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 850 MHz
3400 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition | | Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 228 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Jan 2009 | vs | 11 Mar 2010 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)