GRID M6 8Q vs Radeon HD 4870 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GRID M6 8Q and Radeon HD 4870 X2, 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 GRID M6 8Q stacks up against Radeon HD 4870 X2, check out specs charts below.
GRID M6 8Q
Radeon HD 4870 X2

Main Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 100 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 8 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
 
  • Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 186% more power consumption, than GRID M6 8Q.
  • GRID M6 8Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID M6 8Q has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M6 8Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GRID M6 8Q is 22 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • GRID M6 8Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M6 8Q is 1412 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 3−4
ultra / 1080p 10−11 1−2
QHD / 1440p 5−6 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 14−16
medium / 1080p 21−24 6−7
The average gaming FPS of GRID M6 8Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GM204 R700
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 12 August 2008
Pipelines 1536 800
Core clock speed 722 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 69.31 28.00
Floating-point performance 2,218 gflops 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 6.4 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.2