Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs ATI HD 4870 Mac Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 236 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | RV770 | Vega 10 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 6 January 2009 (16 years ago) | 19 March 2019 (6 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 cores | 800 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1300 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 956 million | 12,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 30.00 | 249.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.2 TFLOPS | 7.987 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 |
| TMUs | 40 | 192 |
| L1 Cache | 160 KB | 768 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 4 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 250 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
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 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 850 MHz | 786 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 108.8 GB/s | 402.4 GB/s |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.125 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2009 | 19 March 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 14 nm |
Pro Vega 48 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition and Radeon Pro Vega 48. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Pro Vega 48 is a mobile workstation one.
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