Radeon HD 7870 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti |
Released March, 2012
AMD Radeon HD 7870
- 1 GHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
7.5 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
7.4 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
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 | |
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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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| Significantly quieter idle noise level | 39.5 dB | vs | 41.8 dB | More than 5% quieter idle noise level | |||
| Significantly better SmallLuxGPU 2.0d4 score | 16,500 | vs | 6,200 | Around 2.8x better SmallLuxGPU 2.0d4 score | |||
| Slightly higher pixel rate | 32 GPixel/s | vs | 25.6 GPixel/s | Around 25% higher pixel rate | |||
| Slightly 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 | |||
| More render output processors | 32 | vs | 24 | 8 more render output processors | |||
| 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 graphics score | 27,687 | vs | 23,592 | More than 15% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Slightly better 3DMark vantage texture fill score | 86.4 | vs | 72.1 | Around 20% better 3DMark vantage texture fill score | |||
| Slightly better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 8,415 | vs | 6,194 | More than 35% better 3DMark 11 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 dead space 3 framerate | 159.2 fps | vs | 133 fps | Around 20% higher dead space 3 framerate | |||
| Higher far cry 3 framerate | 37.3 fps | vs | 29.7 fps | More than 25% higher far cry 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
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
Batman: Arkham City 1920x1200 - Extreme quality + FXAA-HIGH
Far Cry 3 1920 x 1080 - Ultra Quality + 4x MSAA + Enh. AtoC
Reviews Word on the street
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