GPU DB

Back to All GPUs

GPU Comparison

Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

ATI Radeon HD 4770

23%
23%

AMD Radeon R9 280X

442%
442%
AMD Radeon R9 280X is approximately 419% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 280X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
RV740
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
640
2048
TMUsDifferent
32
128
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Memory SizeDifferent
512 MB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU NameDifferent
RV740
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
RV740 XT(215-0727019)
Tahiti XTL(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
TeraScale
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
826 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
6.0M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
137 mm²
352 mm²

Graphics Card

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 280X
Release DateDifferent
Apr 28th, 2009
Oct 8th, 2013
GenerationDifferent
Radeon R700(HD 4700)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Radeon R600
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Evergreen
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
109 USD
299 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
82 in our database
105 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU ClockDifferent
750 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
800 MHz3.2 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective
Base ClockDifferent
N/A
850 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz

Memory

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 280X
Memory SizeDifferent
512 MB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
51.20 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 280X
Shading UnitsDifferent
640
2048
TMUsDifferent
32
128
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
8
32
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
128 KB
768 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 280X
Pixel RateDifferent
12.00 GPixel/s
32.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
24.00 GTexel/s
128.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
960.0 GFLOPS
4.096 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
192.0 GFLOPS (1:5)
1,024.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 280X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
203 mm8 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
TDPDifferent
80 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
250 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x S-Video
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
B743
C386
HeightDifferent
N/A
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
36 mm1.4 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 280X
DirectXDifferent
10.1 (10_1)
12 (11_1)
OpenGLDifferent
3.3
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
4.1
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

7
Specifications Compared
8
Feature Categories
48
Detailed Features

More Comparisons with ATI Radeon HD 4770

Compare ATI Radeon HD 4770 with other GPUs of similar performance

More Comparisons with AMD Radeon R9 280X

Compare AMD Radeon R9 280X with other GPUs of similar performance