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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870
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NVIDIA logo GeForce 8400 GS

AMD Radeon HD 7870 logo NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS logo
General information Radeon HD 7870 GeForce 8400 GS
Launched Q2 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Memory 2048 MB 0 % 512 MB 75 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 450 MHz 55 %
Effective Clock 5000 MHz 0 % 1580 MHz 68.4 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 W 0 % 40 W 77.1 %
Length 296 mm 0 % 170 mm 42.6 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 1 50 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 GeForce 8400 GS
Overall Score 34637 0 % 6250 82 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11998 0 % 391 96.7 %
2D Benchmark Score 583.9 0 % 25 95.7 %
Average DirectX performance 38.1 FPS 0 % 1.5 FPS 96.1 %
DirectX 9 performance 81.5 FPS 0 % 3 FPS 96.3 %
DirectX 10 performance 19.1 FPS 0 % 3 FPS 84.4 %
DirectX 11 performance 28.8 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 23 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 2327 operations/s 0 % 0 operations/s 100 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7870, GeForce 8400 GS.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 GeForce 8400 GS
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 72.7 FPS 7.7 FPS
High settings 130.9 FPS 13.8 FPS
Medium settings 157.0 FPS 16.6 FPS
Low settings 219.9 FPS 23.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 89.4 %

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 8400 GS.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 GeForce 8400 GS
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.5 FPS 7.7 FPS
High settings 103.5 FPS 13.9 FPS
Medium settings 124.2 FPS 16.7 FPS
Low settings 173.9 FPS 23.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 86.6 %
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