GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R7 260X vs 7870

Gaming

Real world tests using the latest 3D games

battlefield 3 (2013) and Far Cry 3

Benchmarks

Synthetic tests to measure overall performance

Passmark, 3DMark 11 Graphics, 3DMark Vantage Graphics and 3DMark06

Compute Performance

General computing tests executed on the GPU

Passmark Direct Compute

Noise and Power

How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load

TDP

GPUBoss Score

Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power

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AMD Radeon HD 7870 

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AMD Radeon HD 7870

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Radeon R7 260X

Reasons to consider the
AMD Radeon R7 260X

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Higher clock speed 1,100 MHz vs 1,000 MHz 10% higher clock speed
Higher effective memory clock speed 6,500 MHz vs 4,800 MHz More than 35% higher effective memory clock speed
Significantly higher memory clock speed 1,625 MHz vs 1,200 MHz More than 35% higher memory clock speed
Lower TDP 115W vs 175W Around 35% lower TDP
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AMD Radeon HD 7870

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Better passmark score 4,262 vs 3,044 More than 40% better passmark score
Better 3DMark vantage graphics score 23,592 vs 17,590 Around 35% better 3DMark vantage graphics score
Better 3DMark06 score 23,230 vs 18,730 Around 25% better 3DMark06 score
Higher pixel rate 32 GPixel/s vs 17.6 GPixel/s More than 80% higher pixel rate
Higher memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s vs 104 GB/s Around 50% higher memory bandwidth
Better floating-point performance 2,560 GFLOPS vs 1,971 GFLOPS Around 30% better floating-point performance
More render output processors 32 vs 16 Twice as many render output processors
Significantly higher diablo III framerate 163.4 fps vs 76.9 fps More than 2x higher diablo III framerate
Higher texture rate 80 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel/s Around 30% higher texture rate
Higher battlefield 3 framerate 78.8 fps vs 40.1 fps More than 95% higher battlefield 3 framerate
Wider memory bus 256 bit vs 128 bit 2x wider memory bus
More shading units 1,280 vs 896 384 more shading units
Higher far cry 3 framerate 29.7 fps vs 20.2 fps More than 45% higher far cry 3 framerate
More texture mapping units 80 vs 56 24 more texture mapping units
Better passmark direct compute score 2,270 vs 1,480 Around 55% better passmark direct compute score
More compute units 20 vs 14 6 more compute units
Higher crysis 3 framerate 25.8 fps vs 15.4 fps Around 70% higher crysis 3 framerate

Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R7 260X vs HD 7870

Passmark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performance

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.
Radeon HD 7870 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)

3DMark 11 Graphics Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX 11 GPU performance

Far Cry 3 1920 x 1080 - Ultra Quality + 4x MSAA + Enh. AtoC

Radeon R7 260X
20.2 fps
Radeon HD 7870
29.7 fps
A few months after the launch, the game was transformed into a Play4Free branded game.
Radeon HD 7870 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)

Battlefield 3 (2013) 1920x1080 - Ultra quality + FXAA-HIGH

Radeon R7 260X
40.1 fps
Radeon HD 7870
78.8 fps
TES: Skyrim is a very large sandbox game that rejects the quality-quantity inverse proportionality.
Radeon HD 7870 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)

Crysis 3 1920 x 1080 - Very High preset + 16xAF + 2xSMAA

Radeon R7 260X
15.4 fps
Radeon HD 7870
25.8 fps
Since Crysis 2 is a multi-platform game with major development focus on the console, the graphics on launch day were only DirectX 9.
Radeon HD 7870 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)

Passmark Direct Compute Measures performance of general-purpose computing using Microsoft DirectCompute

Reviews Word on the street

Radeon R7 260X  vs HD 7870 

7.8
8.9
The HD 7870 is a very efficient design, so the jokerCard with its Tahiti processor doesn't do well.
Radeon HD 7870

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