AMD Caicos
VS
ATI Radeon HD 4870
AMD Caicos
VS
ATI Radeon HD 4870

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Caicos  vs  ATI Radeon HD 4870.

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Place in performance rating
561
TeraScale 2
Architecture
TeraScale
Caicos
Code name
RV770
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
25 June 2008 (13 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$10.38
Price now
$191 (0.6x MSRP)
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Value for money
0.83
Caicos
GPU code name
RV770
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Caicos  vs  ATI Radeon HD 4870 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

160
Pipelines
800
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Core clock speed
750 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
956 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
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Texture fill rate
30.00
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Floating-point performance
1,200.0 gflops
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
800
370 million
Number of transistors
956 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Caicos and ATI Radeon HD 4870 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
250 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Caicos vs ATI Radeon HD 4870.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
3600 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
115.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Caicos vs ATI Radeon HD 4870.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Caicos and ATI Radeon HD 4870 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
4.4
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or ATI Radeon HD 4870 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
ATI Radeon HD 4870
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $191 (0.6x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 55 nm)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 4870

6.9% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (800 vs 160)

So, AMD Caicos or ATI Radeon HD 4870?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 4870 .

AMD Caicos versus ATI Radeon HD 4870 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score
2.9 Out of 24 Hitesti Score