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General information Radeon R9 295X2 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Launched Q2 2014 Q2 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 2048 MB 75 %
Core Clock 1018 MHz 0 % 925 MHz 9.1 %
Effective Clock 5400 MHz 10 % 6000 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 500 W 0 % 185 W 63 %
Length 309 mm 0 % 275 mm 11 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
SLI 2-way 0 % 2-way 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 295X2 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Overall Score 47244 0 % 33983 28.1 %
Future Proof 33 % 0 % 26 % 21.2 %
Benchmark Score 22320 0 % 11549 48.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 767.1 0 % 666.9 13.1 %
Average DirectX performance 72.5 FPS 0 % 33 FPS 54.4 %
DirectX 9 performance 125.7 FPS 0 % 48 FPS 61.8 %
DirectX 10 performance 42.7 FPS 0 % 26.6 FPS 37.6 %
DirectX 11 performance 77.3 FPS 0 % 40.8 FPS 47.2 %
DirectX 12 performance 44.1 FPS 0 % 16.7 FPS 62 %
Graphic card computing 3126.3 operations/s 0 % 2807.4 operations/s 10.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 295X2, Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 295X2 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.1 FPS 70.7 FPS
High settings 190.9 FPS 127.3 FPS
Medium settings 229.1 FPS 152.8 FPS
Low settings 320.8 FPS 213.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.3 %

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 R9 295X2, Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 295X2 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.8 FPS 56.0 FPS
High settings 141.8 FPS 100.9 FPS
Medium settings 170.1 FPS 121.0 FPS
Low settings 238.2 FPS 169.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.8 %
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