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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870 XT
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General information Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTS 450
Launched Q2 2013 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 925 MHz 0 % 783 MHz 15.4 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0 % 4000 MHz 33.3 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 W 0 % 106 W 42.7 %
Length 275 mm 0 % 223 mm 18.9 %
Cooling Fans 2 0 % 2 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTS 450
Overall Score 34003 0 % 18471 45.7 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 21 % 19.2 %
Benchmark Score 11562 0 % 3412 70.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 663 0 % 301.9 54.5 %
Average DirectX performance 33 FPS 0 % 12.5 FPS 62.1 %
DirectX 9 performance 47.7 FPS 0 % 30 FPS 37.2 %
DirectX 10 performance 26.3 FPS 0 % 4 FPS 84.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 40.9 FPS 0 % 11 FPS 73 %
DirectX 12 performance 17 FPS 0 % 5 FPS 70.7 %
Graphic card computing 2801.6 operations/s 0 % 612 operations/s 78.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTS 450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 71.1 FPS 31.1 FPS
High settings 127.9 FPS 56.1 FPS
Medium settings 153.5 FPS 67.3 FPS
Low settings 214.9 FPS 94.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 56.2 %

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 XT, GeForce GTS 450.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTS 450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 56.4 FPS 29.2 FPS
High settings 101.6 FPS 52.5 FPS
Medium settings 121.9 FPS 63.0 FPS
Low settings 170.7 FPS 88.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 48.3 %
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