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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 1070
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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 logo AMD Radeon HD 7870 logo
General information GeForce GTX 1070 Radeon HD 7870
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 2048 MB 75 %
Core Clock 1506 MHz 0 % 1000 MHz 33.6 %
Effective Clock 8500 MHz 0 % 5000 MHz 41.2 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 14.3 % 175 W 0 %
Length 330 mm 0 % 296 mm 10.3 %
Cooling Fans 4 0 % 3 25 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 1070 Radeon HD 7870
Overall Score 59061 0 % 34597 41.4 %
Future Proof 46 % 0 % 20 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 34882 0 % 11970 65.7 %
2D Benchmark Score 848.4 0 % 592.5 30.2 %
Average DirectX performance 106.5 FPS 0 % 37.8 FPS 64.5 %
DirectX 9 performance 196.6 FPS 0 % 80.8 FPS 58.9 %
DirectX 10 performance 83.5 FPS 0 % 18 FPS 78.4 %
DirectX 11 performance 99 FPS 0 % 29.2 FPS 70.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 47 FPS 0 % 23.2 FPS 50.6 %
Graphic card computing 6192.8 operations/s 0 % 2360.1 operations/s 61.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 1070, Radeon HD 7870.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 1070 Radeon HD 7870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.6 FPS 73.2 FPS
High settings 251.3 FPS 131.7 FPS
Medium settings 301.5 FPS 158.1 FPS
Low settings 422.1 FPS 221.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 47.6 %

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 GeForce GTX 1070, Radeon HD 7870.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 1070 Radeon HD 7870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 99.5 FPS 57.3 FPS
High settings 179.1 FPS 103.1 FPS
Medium settings 214.9 FPS 123.8 FPS
Low settings 300.9 FPS 173.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.4 %
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