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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 260

AMD Radeon HD 7870 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 logo
General information Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 260
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 % 896 MB 56.3 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 576 MHz 42.4 %
Effective Clock 5000 MHz 0 % 2500 MHz 50 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 W 13.4 % 202 W 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 260
Overall Score 34637 0 % 17786 48.7 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11997 0 % 3164 73.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 585.1 0 % 58.2 90.1 %
Average DirectX performance 37.7 FPS 0 % 8.3 FPS 78.1 %
DirectX 9 performance 80.2 FPS 0 % 26.1 FPS 67.4 %
DirectX 10 performance 18.9 FPS 0 % 6.9 FPS 63.2 %
DirectX 11 performance 28.8 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 23.1 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 2318.6 operations/s 0 % 0 operations/s 100 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7870, GeForce GTX 260.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 260
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 72.7 FPS 29.5 FPS
High settings 130.9 FPS 53.1 FPS
Medium settings 157.0 FPS 63.7 FPS
Low settings 219.9 FPS 89.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 59.4 %

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 GTX 260.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 260
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.5 FPS 28.0 FPS
High settings 103.5 FPS 50.4 FPS
Medium settings 124.2 FPS 60.4 FPS
Low settings 173.9 FPS 84.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 51.4 %
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