Radeon HD 6470M vs HD 4870

Place in performance ranking	683	1168
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.27	no data
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	RV770	Seymour XT
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	25 June 2008 (16 years ago)	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$569.99
Current price	$162 (0.5x MSRP)	$201 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 4870 and HD 6470M have a nearly equal value for money.

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	160
Core clock speed	750 MHz	700 / 750 MHz
Number of transistors	956 million	370 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	30.00	5.600
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops	224 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon HD 6470M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	250 mm	no data
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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	12.8 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.0
OpenGL	3.3	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

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 3.55
+502%

HD 6470M 0.59

HD 4870 outperforms HD 6470M by 502% based on our aggregate 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 1370
+504%

HD 6470M 227

HD 4870 outperforms HD 6470M by 504% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	60−65 +500%	10 −500%
Full HD	65−70 +491%	11 −491%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20

+500%

3−4
−500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Hitman 3	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +483%	12−14 −483%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +471%	7−8 −471%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +456%	9−10 −456%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Hitman 3	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +483%	12−14 −483%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +471%	7−8 −471%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +456%	9−10 −456%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +483%	12−14 −483%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +471%	7−8 −471%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +456%	9−10 −456%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +500%	4−5 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Hitman 3	35−40 +483%	6−7 −483%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%