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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870
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General information Radeon HD 7870 GeForce 9800 GT
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 % 600 MHz 40 %
Effective Clock 5000 MHz 0 % 1800 MHz 64 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 W 0 % 125 W 28.6 %
Length 296 mm 0 % 229 mm 22.6 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 GeForce 9800 GT
Overall Score 34595 0 % 10945 68.4 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11968 0 % 1198 90 %
2D Benchmark Score 584.1 0 % 63.7 89.1 %
Average DirectX performance 37.6 FPS 0 % 5.3 FPS 86 %
DirectX 9 performance 80.5 FPS 0 % 19 FPS 76.4 %
DirectX 10 performance 18.1 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 88.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 28.9 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 22.9 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 2356.4 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 9800 GT.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 GeForce 9800 GT
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 73.0 FPS 14.8 FPS
High settings 131.4 FPS 26.6 FPS
Medium settings 157.7 FPS 32.0 FPS
Low settings 220.8 FPS 44.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 79.7 %

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 9800 GT.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 GeForce 9800 GT
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.0 FPS 16.9 FPS
High settings 104.3 FPS 30.3 FPS
Medium settings 125.2 FPS 36.4 FPS
Low settings 175.3 FPS 51.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 70.9 %
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