Radeon HD 4870 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
Radeon HD 4870
100%
Radeon R9 280X
456%
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 Radeon R9 280X . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 356% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 280X
The Radeon R9 280X is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV770 (RV770 PRO) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 256 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 956 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 800 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 750 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4870 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Jun 2008 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon HD 4870
12.00 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870
30.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870
115.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870
1200.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870
2400
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)