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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870 XT
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 460 SE

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General information Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 460 SE
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 % 1024 MB 50 %
Core Clock 925 MHz 0 % 650 MHz 29.7 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0 % 4008 MHz 33.2 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 W 0 % 150 W 18.9 %
Length 275 mm 0 % 241 mm 12.4 %
Cooling Fans 2 0 % 2 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 460 SE
Overall Score 33983 0 % 22794 32.9 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 21 % 19.2 %
Benchmark Score 11549 0 % 5196 55 %
2D Benchmark Score 666.9 0 % 370.2 44.5 %
Average DirectX performance 33 FPS 0 % 19.7 FPS 40.4 %
DirectX 9 performance 48 FPS 0 % 46.8 FPS 2.5 %
DirectX 10 performance 26.6 FPS 0 % 8 FPS 69.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 40.8 FPS 0 % 17 FPS 58.3 %
DirectX 12 performance 16.7 FPS 0 % 7 FPS 58.3 %
Graphic card computing 2807.4 operations/s 0 % 768.8 operations/s 72.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7870 XT, GeForce GTX 460 SE.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 460 SE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 70.7 FPS 41.9 FPS
High settings 127.3 FPS 75.4 FPS
Medium settings 152.8 FPS 90.4 FPS
Low settings 213.9 FPS 126.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 40.8 %

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 XT, GeForce GTX 460 SE.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 460 SE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 56.0 FPS 36.9 FPS
High settings 100.9 FPS 66.4 FPS
Medium settings 121.0 FPS 79.6 FPS
Low settings 169.5 FPS 111.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.2 %
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