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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870
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General information Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTS 450
Launched Q2 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 2048 MB 0 % 1024 MB 50 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 783 MHz 21.7 %
Effective Clock 5000 MHz 0 % 4000 MHz 20 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 W 0 % 106 W 39.4 %
Length 296 mm 0 % 223 mm 24.7 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTS 450
Overall Score 34637 0 % 18471 46.7 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11997 0 % 3412 71.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 585.1 0 % 301 48.6 %
Average DirectX performance 37.7 FPS 0 % 12.5 FPS 66.9 %
DirectX 9 performance 80.2 FPS 0 % 29.9 FPS 62.8 %
DirectX 10 performance 18.9 FPS 0 % 4 FPS 79 %
DirectX 11 performance 28.8 FPS 0 % 11.1 FPS 61.4 %
DirectX 12 performance 23.1 FPS 0 % 5 FPS 78.3 %
Graphic card computing 2318.6 operations/s 0 % 612.6 operations/s 73.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7870, GeForce GTS 450.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTS 450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 72.7 FPS 31.1 FPS
High settings 130.9 FPS 56.1 FPS
Medium settings 157.0 FPS 67.3 FPS
Low settings 219.9 FPS 94.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 57.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon HD 7870, GeForce GTS 450.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTS 450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.5 FPS 29.2 FPS
High settings 103.5 FPS 52.5 FPS
Medium settings 124.2 FPS 63.0 FPS
Low settings 173.9 FPS 88.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 49.3 %
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