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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 560

AMD Radeon HD 7870 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 logo
General information Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 560
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 % 1024 MB 50 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 810 MHz 19 %
Effective Clock 5000 MHz 0 % 4488 MHz 10.2 %
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 % 248 mm 16.2 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 560
Overall Score 34616 0 % 26591 23.2 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11982 0 % 7071 41 %
2D Benchmark Score 583.7 0 % 428.7 26.6 %
Average DirectX performance 37.8 FPS 0 % 25.7 FPS 32.1 %
DirectX 9 performance 81.5 FPS 0 % 58.5 FPS 28.2 %
DirectX 10 performance 18 FPS 0 % 12 FPS 33.5 %
DirectX 11 performance 29.1 FPS 0 % 22.2 FPS 23.8 %
DirectX 12 performance 22.8 FPS 0 % 10.1 FPS 55.8 %
Graphic card computing 2353.4 operations/s 0 % 1022.1 operations/s 56.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7870, GeForce GTX 560.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 560
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 72.4 FPS 51.6 FPS
High settings 130.3 FPS 92.8 FPS
Medium settings 156.4 FPS 111.4 FPS
Low settings 219.0 FPS 155.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.8 %

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, GeForce GTX 560.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 560
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.1 FPS 43.4 FPS
High settings 102.8 FPS 78.1 FPS
Medium settings 123.4 FPS 93.8 FPS
Low settings 172.7 FPS 131.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 24 %
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