Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
Summary
Radeon HD 4870 X2
100%
GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
330%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 780 6 GB |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 230% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
The GeForce GTX 780 6 GB is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | | GeForce GTX 780 6 GB | |
|---|
| GPU Name | R700 (R700 XT) | vs | GK110B (GK110-301-B1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 256 mm² | vs | 561 mm² |
| Transistors | 956 million | vs | 7,080 million |
| Shaders | 800 | vs | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 700 MHz | vs | 863 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 192 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | | GeForce GTX 780 6 GB | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 | | GeForce GTX 780 6 GB | |
|---|
| TDP | 286 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Aug 2008 | vs | 10 Sep 2013 |
Radeon HD 4870 X2
22.40 GP/s
GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
41.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870 X2
56.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
166.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870 X2
230.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870 X2
2240.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
3977.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 4870 X2
4170
GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
13770
Points (higher is better)