AMD E8950 vs ATI HD 4870

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Combined performance score

ATI HD 4870
3.52

E8950 outperforms HD 4870 by 302% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking680340
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.26no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)
GPU code nameRV770Amethyst
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 June 2008 (15 years old)29 September 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data
Current price$162 (0.5x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores8002048
Core clock speed750 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1000 MHz
Number of transistors956 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate30.00128.0
Floating-point performance1,200.0 gflops4,096 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed3600 MHz6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/s192.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.16.3
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.52 14.14
Recency 25 June 2008 29 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 95 Watt

The Radeon E8950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4870 in performance tests.


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