FirePro W600 vs Radeon HD 4870 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W600 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 W600 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 W600 Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 286 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 281% more power consumption, than FirePro W600.
  • FirePro W600 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W600 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W600 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W600 is 50 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • FirePro W600 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4870 X2 is 104 mm longer, than FirePro W600.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W600 is 400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 3−4
ultra / 1080p 5−6 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 14−16
medium / 1080p 10−11 6−7
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W600 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  FirePro W600 Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Cape Verde R700
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 13 June 2012 12 August 2008
Pipelines 512 800
Core clock speed 750 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 24.00 28.00
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Length 163 mm 267 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 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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s
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