ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M98 | G80 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | M98 XT (216-0732023) | G80-100-K0-A2 |
| Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 956 million | 681 million |
| Die size | 256 mm² | 484 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 9th, 2009 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | M9x (Mobility HD 4800) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | M8x | — |
| Successor | Manhattan | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 550 MHz | 513 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 888 MHz 1776 Mbps effective | 792 MHz 1584 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1188 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 320 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 320 bit |
| Bandwidth | 56.83 GB/s | 63.36 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 800 | 96 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 40 | 24 |
| ROPs | 16 | 20 |
| Compute units | 10 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 80 KB |
| SM count | — | 12 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 8.800 GPixel/s | 10.26 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 22.00 GTexel/s | 24.62 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 880.0 GFLOPS | 228.1 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 176.0 GFLOPS (1:5) | — |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | unknown | 143 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Slot width | — | Dual-slot |
| Length | — | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 300 W |
| Power connectors | — | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | — | P356 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 (1.0) |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.0 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Feb 12th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 8 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Launch price | — | 269 USD |
| Interface | — | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 403 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Successor | — | GeForce 9 |
