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AMD logo Radeon HD 4870
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General information Radeon HD 4870 GeForce GTS 450
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 2048 MB 0 % 1024 MB 50 %
Core Clock 750 MHz 4.2 % 783 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 3800 MHz 5 % 4000 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 3.3 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 106 W 29.3 %
Length 241 mm 0 % 223 mm 7.5 %
Cooling Fans 1 50 % 2 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 4870 GeForce GTS 450
Overall Score 18789 0 % 18484 1.6 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3530 0 % 3417 3.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 45.6 85 % 304.2 0 %
Average DirectX performance 10.7 FPS 14.4 % 12.5 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 35.9 FPS 0 % 30.1 FPS 16.3 %
DirectX 10 performance 7 FPS 0 % 4 FPS 42.6 %
DirectX 11 performance 0 FPS 100 % 11.1 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 0 FPS 100 % 5 FPS 0 %
Graphic card computing 0 operations/s 100 % 608.7 operations/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 4870, GeForce GTS 450.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 4870 GeForce GTS 450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 32.2 FPS 31.5 FPS
High settings 58.0 FPS 56.7 FPS
Medium settings 69.6 FPS 68.0 FPS
Low settings 97.4 FPS 95.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon HD 4870, GeForce GTS 450.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 4870 GeForce GTS 450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 30.0 FPS 29.5 FPS
High settings 54.1 FPS 53.1 FPS
Medium settings 64.9 FPS 63.7 FPS
Low settings 90.8 FPS 89.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.7 %
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