GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon HD 4870

Place in performance ranking	681	483
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.26	1.77
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	RV770	GF114
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 June 2008 (15 years ago)	25 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$249
Current price	$162 (0.5x MSRP)	$130 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 560 Ti has 581% better value for money than ATI HD 4870.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	800	384
Core clock speed	750 MHz	822 MHz
Number of transistors	956 million	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	30.00	52.67
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops	1,263.4 gflops

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 2.0 x16
Length	250 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	2004 MHz
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	128.3 GB/s

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI	no data	+

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	no data	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 4870 3.53

GTX 560 Ti 7.85
+122%

GeForce GTX 560 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 4870 by 122% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI HD 4870 1366

GTX 560 Ti 3038
+122%

GeForce GTX 560 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 4870 by 122% in Passmark.