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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870
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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 34610 0 % 32556 5.9 %
Future Proof 20 % 4.8 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11978 0 % 10599 11.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 593.7 0 % 443 25.4 %
Average DirectX performance 53.7 FPS 2.4 % 55 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 81.7 FPS 0 % 79 FPS 3.3 %
DirectX 10 performance 37.3 FPS 6.8 % 40 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 72.5 FPS 15.6 % 85.9 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 23.1 FPS 0 % 14.9 FPS 35.6 %
Graphic card computing 2334.5 operations/s 31.6 % 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, GeForce GTX 480.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 480
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 73.3 FPS 67.8 FPS
High settings 131.9 FPS 122.1 FPS
Medium settings 158.3 FPS 146.5 FPS
Low settings 221.6 FPS 205.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.4 %

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 GTX 480.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 480
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.4 FPS 53.8 FPS
High settings 103.3 FPS 96.9 FPS
Medium settings 124.0 FPS 116.3 FPS
Low settings 173.6 FPS 162.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.2 %
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