FirePro V5800 vs Radeon HD 4870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V5800 and Radeon HD 4870, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro V5800 stacks up against Radeon HD 4870, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro V5800 Radeon HD 4870
Power consumption (TDP) 74 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4870 has 102% more power consumption, than FirePro V5800.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro V5800 and Radeon HD 4870 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5800 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 is 60 MHz higher, than FirePro V5800.
  • FirePro V5800 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4870 is 21 mm longer, than FirePro V5800.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V5800 is 400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 3−4
ultra / 1080p 4−5 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 14−16
medium / 1080p 7−8 6−7
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V5800 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Radeon HD 4870.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5800 Radeon HD 4870
Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale
Code name Juniper RV770
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 26 April 2010 25 June 2008
Pipelines 800 800
Core clock speed 690 MHz 750 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 27.60 30.00
Floating-point performance 1,104.0 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Length 229 mm 250 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.0 4.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
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