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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 34595 0 % 34322 0.8 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11968 0 % 11780 1.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 583.7 0 % 472.7 19 %
Average DirectX performance 38 FPS 7.5 % 41.1 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 81.4 FPS 6.8 % 87.4 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 18.1 FPS 17.4 % 21.9 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 29.2 FPS 26.6 % 39.8 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 23.2 FPS 0 % 15.1 FPS 34.9 %
Graphic card computing 2343.6 operations/s 0 % 1472.8 operations/s 37.2 %

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 73.0 FPS 72.3 FPS
High settings 131.4 FPS 130.1 FPS
Medium settings 157.7 FPS 156.1 FPS
Low settings 220.8 FPS 218.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 1 %

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 57.5 FPS 57.0 FPS
High settings 103.5 FPS 102.7 FPS
Medium settings 124.2 FPS 123.2 FPS
Low settings 173.9 FPS 172.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %
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