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    Radeon HD 4870 vs Radeon R9 380X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon R9 380X. 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 Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon R9 380X. 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.
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    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 4870 Radeon R9 380X
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 190 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 380X has 26% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 4870.
    • Radeon HD 4870 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 380X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon R9 380X has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870.
    • Both cards are used in Desktops.
    • Radeon HD 4870 is build with TeraScale architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
    • Radeon HD 4870 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Radeon HD 4870 is 29 mm longer, than Radeon R9 380X.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 is 2630 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 14−16 60−65
    medium / 1080p 6−7 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Radeon HD 4870.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 4870 Radeon R9 380X
    Architecture TeraScale GCN 3.0
    Code name RV770 Antigua
    Type Desktop Desktop
    Release date 25 June 2008 19 November 2015
    Pipelines 800 2048
    Core clock speed 750 MHz
    Boost Clock 970 MHz
    Transistor count 956 million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 30.00 124.2
    Floating-point performance 1,200.0 gflops 3,973 gflops
    Length 250 mm 221 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 970 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
    DirectX 10.1 (10_1)
    Shader Model 4.1 6.3
    OpenGL 3.3 4.5
    OpenCL 1.1 2.0
    Vulkan N/A +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Mantle +
    Design reference
    Bridgeless CrossFire +
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    VCE +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
    Compute units 32
    Form factor full height / full length
    High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
    LiquidVR +
    FRTC +
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