Radeon HD 4870 vs GeForce GTX 480
Summary
Radeon HD 4870
100%
GeForce GTX 480
237%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4870 |
| 100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 480 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 480 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 137% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 480
The GeForce GTX 480 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 | | GeForce GTX 480 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV770 (RV770 PRO) | vs | GF100 (GF100-375-A3) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 256 mm² | vs | 529 mm² |
| Transistors | 956 million | vs | 3,100 million |
| Shaders | 800 | vs | 480 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 15 |
| Core clock | 750 MHz | vs | 701 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 60 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 | | GeForce GTX 480 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective | vs | 924 MHz
3696 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1536 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4870 | | GeForce GTX 480 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Jun 2008 | vs | 26 Mar 2010 |
Radeon HD 4870
12.00 GP/s
GeForce GTX 480
21.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870
30.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 480
42.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870
115.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 480
177.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870
1200.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 480
1345.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870
2400
GeForce GTX 480
5700
Points (higher is better)