ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition vs ATI HD 5750

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking774not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.44no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameJuniperRV770
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 October 2009 (15 years ago)6 January 2009 (15 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 cores720800
Core clock speed700 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)86 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate25.2030.00
Floating-point processing power1.008 TFLOPS1.2 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3640

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length178 mm250 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz850 MHz
Memory bandwidth73.6 GB/s108.8 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 October 2009 6 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 86 Watt 150 Watt

ATI HD 5750 has an age advantage of 9 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 74.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5750 and Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


ATI Radeon HD 5750
Radeon HD 5750
ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition
Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.7 298 votes

Rate Radeon HD 5750 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
5 1 vote

Rate Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.