FirePro W8000 vs Radeon HD 4870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W8000 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 W8000 stacks up against Radeon HD 4870, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W8000 Radeon HD 4870
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • FirePro W8000 has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • FirePro W8000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 4870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W8000 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W8000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 150 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • FirePro W8000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W8000 is 29 mm longer, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 1900 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 3−4
ultra / 1080p 10−11 1−2
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 35−40 14−16
medium / 1080p 21−24 6−7
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W8000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 250% more, than Radeon HD 4870.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8000 Radeon HD 4870
Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Tahiti RV770
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 25 June 2008
Pipelines 1792 800
Core clock speed 900 MHz 750 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 30.00
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Length 279 mm 250 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 176 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 391 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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