ATI Radeon HD 3870 vs R4 Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1052
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.05
Power efficiencyno data0.95
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameBeemaRV670
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 June 2014 (11 years ago)19 November 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$269

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 cores128320
Core clock speed800 MHz777 MHz
Number of transistors930 million666 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt106 Watt
Texture fill rate6.40012.43
Floating-point processing power0.2048 TFLOPS0.4973 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs816
L2 Cacheno data256 KB

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR4
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1126 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data72.06 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.34.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 June 2014 19 November 2007
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 106 Watt

R4 Graphics has an age advantage of 6 years, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 606.7% lower power consumption.

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