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General information Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 460
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 % 768 MB 62.5 %
Core Clock 925 MHz 0 % 675 MHz 27 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0 % 4050 MHz 32.5 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 W 0 % 150 W 18.9 %
Length 275 mm 5.8 % 292 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 460
Overall Score 33983 0 % 24185 28.8 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 21 % 19.2 %
Benchmark Score 11548 0 % 5849 49.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 661 0 % 386.1 41.6 %
Average DirectX performance 33.3 FPS 0 % 21.3 FPS 36 %
DirectX 9 performance 48.7 FPS 3.2 % 50.3 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 26.5 FPS 0 % 9.9 FPS 62.6 %
DirectX 11 performance 41.2 FPS 0 % 17.1 FPS 58.4 %
DirectX 12 performance 17 FPS 0 % 8 FPS 53 %
Graphic card computing 2768.3 operations/s 0 % 985.9 operations/s 64.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 460
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 70.7 FPS 45.4 FPS
High settings 127.3 FPS 81.7 FPS
Medium settings 152.8 FPS 98.0 FPS
Low settings 213.9 FPS 137.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.8 %

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 GTX 460.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 460
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 56.0 FPS 39.3 FPS
High settings 100.9 FPS 70.7 FPS
Medium settings 121.0 FPS 84.9 FPS
Low settings 169.5 FPS 118.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.9 %
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