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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870
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AMD Radeon HD 7870 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 logo
General information Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 460
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 % 768 MB 62.5 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 675 MHz 32.5 %
Effective Clock 5000 MHz 0 % 4050 MHz 19 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 W 0 % 150 W 14.3 %
Length 296 mm 0 % 292 mm 1.4 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 460
Overall Score 34609 0 % 24177 30.1 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11978 0 % 5845 51.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 592.5 0 % 381.7 35.6 %
Average DirectX performance 37.8 FPS 0 % 21.4 FPS 43.5 %
DirectX 9 performance 81.4 FPS 0 % 50.5 FPS 38 %
DirectX 10 performance 17.9 FPS 0 % 10 FPS 44.1 %
DirectX 11 performance 28.9 FPS 0 % 17 FPS 41.1 %
DirectX 12 performance 22.9 FPS 0 % 8 FPS 65.3 %
Graphic card computing 2341.6 operations/s 0 % 971.2 operations/s 58.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7870, GeForce GTX 460.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 460
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 73.1 FPS 45.8 FPS
High settings 131.6 FPS 82.4 FPS
Medium settings 158.0 FPS 98.9 FPS
Low settings 221.2 FPS 138.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.4 %

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 460.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 460
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.3 FPS 39.3 FPS
High settings 103.2 FPS 70.7 FPS
Medium settings 123.8 FPS 84.8 FPS
Low settings 173.3 FPS 118.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.5 %
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