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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 480

AMD Radeon HD 7870 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 logo
General information Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 480
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 % 1536 MB 25 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 700 MHz 30 %
Effective Clock 5000 MHz 0 % 3696 MHz 26.1 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 W 30 % 250 W 0 %
Length 296 mm 2.6 % 304 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 480
Overall Score 34616 0 % 32558 5.9 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11983 0 % 10600 11.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 589.6 0 % 449.7 23.7 %
Average DirectX performance 37.6 FPS 0 % 36.9 FPS 1.9 %
DirectX 9 performance 80.8 FPS 0 % 78.8 FPS 2.6 %
DirectX 10 performance 17.8 FPS 11.2 % 20.1 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 29 FPS 13.9 % 33.7 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 22.8 FPS 0 % 15.1 FPS 33.7 %
Graphic card computing 2332.2 operations/s 32 % 3427.6 operations/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7870, GeForce GTX 480.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 480
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 72.4 FPS 67.0 FPS
High settings 130.3 FPS 120.6 FPS
Medium settings 156.4 FPS 144.7 FPS
Low settings 219.0 FPS 202.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.5 %

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 480.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 480
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.1 FPS 53.6 FPS
High settings 102.8 FPS 96.4 FPS
Medium settings 123.4 FPS 115.7 FPS
Low settings 172.7 FPS 162.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.2 %
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