GeForce 8700M GT vs ATI Radeon HD 4860

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1407
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	0.80
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	RV790	G84
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	9 September 2009 (17 years ago)	1 June 2007 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	32
Core clock speed	700 MHz	625 MHz
Number of transistors	959 million	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	29 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.40	10.00
Floating-point processing power	0.896 TFLOPS	0.08 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	32	16
L1 Cache	128 KB	no data
L2 Cache	256 KB	32 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	750 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.1	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 September 2009	1 June 2007
Chip lithography	55 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	29 Watt