ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition vs HD Graphics 4400

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1072not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.76no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameHaswell GT2RV770
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 September 2013 (12 years ago)6 January 2009 (16 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores160800
Core clock speed200 MHz750 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate19.0030.00
Floating-point processing power0.304 TFLOPS1.2 TFLOPS
ROPs216
TMUs2040
L1 Cacheno data160 KB
L2 Cacheno data256 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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared850 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data108.8 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.33.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 September 2013 6 January 2009
Chip lithography 22 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 150 Watt

HD Graphics 4400 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 150% more advanced lithography process, and 650% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4400 and Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4400 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition is a desktop one.

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