FirePro V7900 vs Radeon HD 4870 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 4870 X2. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 4870 X2. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
Radeon HD 4870 X2

Main Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 286 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 89% more power consumption, than FirePro V7900.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro V7900 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 25 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V7900 is 12 mm longer, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 1400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 3−4
ultra / 1080p 6−7 1−2
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 14−16
medium / 1080p 14−16 6−7
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 133% more, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture TeraScale 3 TeraScale
Code name Cayman R700
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 12 August 2008
Pipelines 1280 800
Core clock speed 725 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 28.00
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Length 279 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 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
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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