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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 580

AMD Radeon HD 7870 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 logo
General information Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 580
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 33.3 % 3072 MB 0 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 772 MHz 22.8 %
Effective Clock 5000 MHz 0 % 4212 MHz 15.8 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 W 28.3 % 244 W 0 %
Length 296 mm 10.3 % 330 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 580
Overall Score 34601 0 % 34331 0.8 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11972 0 % 11786 1.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 585.5 0 % 473.1 19.2 %
Average DirectX performance 37.7 FPS 8.1 % 41 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 80.8 FPS 7.3 % 87.2 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 18.1 FPS 17.4 % 21.9 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 28.7 FPS 27.8 % 39.8 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 23 FPS 0 % 15.1 FPS 34.2 %
Graphic card computing 2338.9 operations/s 0 % 1452.3 operations/s 37.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7870, GeForce GTX 580.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 580
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 73.1 FPS 72.4 FPS
High settings 131.6 FPS 130.4 FPS
Medium settings 157.9 FPS 156.5 FPS
Low settings 221.1 FPS 219.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.9 %

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 580.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 580
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.2 FPS 56.8 FPS
High settings 103.0 FPS 102.2 FPS
Medium settings 123.6 FPS 122.6 FPS
Low settings 173.1 FPS 171.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %
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