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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870 XT
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General information Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 480
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 % 1536 MB 25 %
Core Clock 925 MHz 0 % 700 MHz 24.3 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0 % 3696 MHz 38.4 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 W 26 % 250 W 0 %
Length 275 mm 9.5 % 304 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 480
Overall Score 33970 0 % 32546 4.2 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 21 % 19.2 %
Benchmark Score 11540 0 % 10592 8.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 660.3 0 % 447 32.3 %
Average DirectX performance 33.7 FPS 9 % 37 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 49.5 FPS 37.5 % 79.2 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 27.2 FPS 0 % 19.9 FPS 26.8 %
DirectX 11 performance 42 FPS 0 % 34.1 FPS 18.8 %
DirectX 12 performance 16.1 FPS 0 % 14.9 FPS 7.2 %
Graphic card computing 2752.1 operations/s 19.3 % 3410.6 operations/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 480
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 71.4 FPS 67.6 FPS
High settings 128.4 FPS 121.7 FPS
Medium settings 154.1 FPS 146.0 FPS
Low settings 215.8 FPS 204.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.3 %

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 480.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 480
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 56.4 FPS 54.0 FPS
High settings 101.6 FPS 97.1 FPS
Medium settings 121.9 FPS 116.6 FPS
Low settings 170.7 FPS 163.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.4 %
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