UHD Graphics G1 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking777not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.26no data
Power efficiency1.68no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameRV770Ice Lake GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date25 June 2008 (17 years ago)29 May 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores800256
Core clock speed750 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data900 MHz
Number of transistors956 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate30.0014.40
Floating-point processing power1.2 TFLOPS0.4608 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4016
L1 Cache160 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/sno data
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.1.97

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 June 2008 29 May 2019
Chip lithography 55 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 15 Watt

UHD Graphics G1 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 450% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4870 and UHD Graphics G1. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4870 is a desktop graphics card while UHD Graphics G1 is a notebook one.

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