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AMD Radeon HD 7870
GPUBoss recommends the AMD Radeon HD 7870 based on its compute performance.
See full details Radeon HD 7870 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti |
Released March, 2012
AMD Radeon HD 7870
- 1 GHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
7.6 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
7.5 Out of 10
by techPowerUp! (Aug, 2012)3DMark 11, as the name might probably suggest, makes use of the Microsoft DirectX 11 API and puts every feature of it at its disposal to use, creating astonishingly realistic visuals.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 7870 vs 660 Ti
Gaming | |
Real world tests using the latest 3D games | |
| crysis: warhead (2013), Crysis: Warhead (2012), Batman: Arkham City and 4 more | |
Benchmarks | |
Synthetic tests to measure overall performance | |
| Passmark, 3DMark Vantage Texture Fill, 3DMark 11 Graphics and 2 more | |
Compute Performance | |
General computing tests executed on the GPU | |
| SmallLuxGPU 2.0d4, Civilization 5 Texture Decomposition (2013) and 3 more | |
Noise and Power | |
How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load | |
| TDP, Idle Noise Level, Load Noise Level, Idle Power Consumption and 1 more | |
GPUBoss Score | |
Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Higher clock speed | 1,000 MHz | vs | 915 MHz | Around 10% higher clock speed | |||
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| Quieter idle noise level | 39.5 dB | vs | 41.8 dB | More than 5% quieter idle noise level | |||
| Higher pixel rate | 32 GPixel/s | vs | 25.6 GPixel/s | Around 25% higher pixel rate | |||
| Significantly better SmallLuxGPU 2.0d4 score | 16,500 | vs | 6,200 | Around 2.8x better SmallLuxGPU 2.0d4 score | |||
| More render output processors | 32 | vs | 24 | 8 more render output processors | |||
| More energy-efficient load power consumption | 295W | vs | 318W | More than 5% more energy-efficient load power consumption | |||
| Better CLBenchmark raytrace score | 200,951 | vs | 134,925 | Around 50% better CLBenchmark raytrace score | |||
| Better civilization 5 texture decomposition (2012) score | 221.6 | vs | 179.5 | Around 25% better civilization 5 texture decomposition (2012) score | |||
| Wider memory bus | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit | Around 35% wider memory bus | |||
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| Higher effective memory clock speed | 6,008 MHz | vs | 4,800 MHz | More than 25% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Better 3DMark vantage texture fill score | 86.4 | vs | 72.1 | Around 20% better 3DMark vantage texture fill score | |||
| Better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 8,415 | vs | 6,194 | More than 35% better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 27,687 | vs | 23,592 | More than 15% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Higher texture rate | 102.5 GTexel/s | vs | 80 GTexel/s | Around 30% higher texture rate | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,502 MHz | vs | 1,200 MHz | More than 25% higher memory clock speed | |||
| More texture mapping units | 112 | vs | 80 | 32 more texture mapping units | |||
| Higher diablo III framerate | 217.7 fps | vs | 163.4 fps | Around 35% higher diablo III framerate | |||
| Higher far cry 3 framerate | 37.3 fps | vs | 29.7 fps | More than 25% higher far cry 3 framerate | |||
| Higher dead space 3 framerate | 159.2 fps | vs | 133 fps | Around 20% higher dead space 3 framerate | |||
| Higher battlefield 3 framerate | 96.9 fps | vs | 78.8 fps | Around 25% higher battlefield 3 framerate | |||
| Higher call of duty: modern warfare 3 framerate | 128.1 fps | vs | 114 fps | More than 10% higher call of duty: modern warfare 3 framerate | |||
| Slightly higher batman: arkham city framerate | 79 fps | vs | 71 fps | More than 10% higher batman: arkham city framerate | |||
| Slightly 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
Passmark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performance
Radeon HD 7870 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)3DMark 11, as the name might probably suggest, makes use of the Microsoft DirectX 11 API and puts every feature of it to use, creating astonishingly realistic visuals.
3DMark Vantage (Texture Fill) Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX performance
3DMark 11 Graphics Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 11 GPU performance
Crysis: Warhead (2013) 1920x1080 - Enthusiast Quality + 4xAA
Radeon HD 7870 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)Since Crysis 2 is a multi-platform game with major development focus on the console, the graphics on launch day were only DirectX 9.
Batman: Arkham City 1920x1200 - Extreme quality + FXAA-HIGH
Radeon HD 7870 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)Batman: Arkham City uses the same Unreal Engine by Epic as Batman: Arkham Asylum, but it has, thanks to the engine's modularity, been overhauled and equipped with the latest technologies, including a graphics engine that takes advantage of DirectX 11.
Far Cry 3 1920 x 1080 - Ultra Quality + 4x MSAA + Enh. AtoC
Radeon HD 7870 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)A few months after the launch, the game was transformed into a Play4Free branded game.
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