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General information Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Radeon HD 7870
Launched Q2 2017 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 16384 MB 0 % 2048 MB 87.5 %
Core Clock 1382 MHz 0 % 1000 MHz 27.6 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 W 0 % 175 W 50 %
Performance Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Radeon HD 7870
Overall Score 58677 0 % 34616 41 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 20 % 62.3 %
Benchmark Score 34430 0 % 11982 65.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 744.8 0 % 583.7 21.6 %
Average DirectX performance 100.5 FPS 0 % 37.8 FPS 62.3 %
DirectX 9 performance 176.8 FPS 0 % 81.5 FPS 53.9 %
DirectX 10 performance 80.9 FPS 0 % 18 FPS 77.8 %
DirectX 11 performance 84.3 FPS 0 % 29.1 FPS 65.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 59.9 FPS 0 % 22.8 FPS 61.9 %
Graphic card computing 5730 operations/s 0 % 2353.4 operations/s 58.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, Radeon HD 7870.

Average frames per second Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Radeon HD 7870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 137.1 FPS 72.4 FPS
High settings 246.8 FPS 130.3 FPS
Medium settings 296.2 FPS 156.4 FPS
Low settings 414.7 FPS 219.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 47.2 %

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 Vega Frontier Edition, Radeon HD 7870.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Radeon HD 7870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.3 FPS 57.1 FPS
High settings 177.0 FPS 102.8 FPS
Medium settings 212.4 FPS 123.4 FPS
Low settings 297.4 FPS 172.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.9 %
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