GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated135
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data32.13
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameRV770TU104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 January 2009 (15 years ago)2 April 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8002560
Core clock speed750 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1155 MHz
Number of transistors956 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate30.00184.8
Floating-point processing power1.2 TFLOPS5.914 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs40160
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed850 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth108.8 GB/s352.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.140
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 January 2009 2 April 2020
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 2070 Super Max-Q has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 358.3% more advanced lithography process, and 87.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition and GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is a notebook one.


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