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AMD Radeon HD 7870
GPUBoss recommends the AMD Radeon HD 7870 based on its compute performance and noise and power.
See full details Radeon HD 7870 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti |
Released March, 2012
AMD Radeon HD 7870
- 1 GHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
7 Out of 10
by techPowerUp! (May, 2012)A maximum clock of 1260 MHz is the highest GPU clock we have ever seen in a TPU review, and is only matched by the ASUS HD 7870 Direct CU II.
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Released August, 2012
Generic GeForce GTX 660 Ti
- 915 MHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
7.3 Out of 10
by techPowerUp! (Aug, 2012)By genre, TES: Skyrim is a role-playing game - it combines some of the best elements of older titles in the franchise with some new sandbox elements to churn out an extremely engaging and addictive game.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 7870 vs 660 Ti among Desktop GPUs
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much more energy-efficient idle power consumption | 108W | vs | 111W | Around 5% more energy-efficient idle power consumption | |||
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| Higher clock speed | 1,000 MHz | vs | 915 MHz | Around 10% higher clock speed | |||
| More render output processors | 32 | vs | 24 | 8 more render output processors | |||
| Better CLBenchmark raytrace score | 200,951 | vs | 134,925 | Around 50% better CLBenchmark raytrace score | |||
| Better face detection score | 60.44 mPixels/s | vs | 34.93 mPixels/s | Around 75% better face detection score | |||
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| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 27,687 | vs | 23,592 | More than 15% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 8,415 | vs | 6,194 | More than 35% better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
| Higher effective memory clock speed | 6,008 MHz | vs | 4,800 MHz | More than 25% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Higher texture rate | 102.5 GTexel/s | vs | 80 GTexel/s | Around 30% higher texture rate | |||
| More texture mapping units | 112 | vs | 80 | 32 more texture mapping units | |||
| Higher battlefield 3 framerate | 46.4 | vs | 38.6 | More than 20% higher battlefield 3 framerate | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,502 MHz | vs | 1,200 MHz | More than 25% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Higher diablo III framerate | 217.7 fps | vs | 163.4 fps | Around 35% higher diablo III framerate | |||
| Higher battlefield 3 framerate | 96.9 fps | vs | 78.8 fps | Around 25% higher battlefield 3 framerate | |||
| Higher crysis 3 framerate | 30.3 fps | vs | 25.8 fps | More than 15% higher crysis 3 framerate | |||
| Lower TDP | 150W | vs | 175W | Around 15% lower TDP | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon HD 7870 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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