Radeon HD 4870 vs GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4870 |
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) |
121 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. |
Supports PhysX |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 4870
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 | | GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) | |
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GPU Name | RV770 (RV770 PRO) | vs | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) |
Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
Die Size | 256 mm² | vs | 79 mm² |
Transistors | 956 million | vs | 292 million |
Shaders | 800 | vs | 48 |
Compute Units | 10 | vs | 1 |
Core clock | 750 MHz | vs | 810 MHz |
ROPs | 16 | vs | 4 |
TMUs | 40 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 | | GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 64 bit |
Memory Speed | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective | vs | 898 MHz
1796 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4870 | | GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) | |
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TDP | 150 watts | vs | 29 watts |
Release Date | 25 Jun 2008 | vs | 22 Aug 2014 |
Radeon HD 4870
12.00 GP/s
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
1.62 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870
30.00 GT/s
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
6.48 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870
115.00 GB/s
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
14.37 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870
1200.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
155.52 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better