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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870 XT
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 660

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 logo
General information Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 660
Launched Q2 2013 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 2048 MB 33.3 % 3072 MB 0 %
Core Clock 925 MHz 5.6 % 980 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 9.2 % 6608 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 W 0 % 140 W 24.3 %
Length 275 mm 0 % 260 mm 5.5 %
Cooling Fans 2 0 % 2 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 660
Overall Score 33984 0 % 32140 5.4 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 21 % 19.2 %
Benchmark Score 11549 0 % 10330 10.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 664.3 0 % 480.3 27.7 %
Average DirectX performance 33.1 FPS 0.4 % 33.3 FPS 0 %
DirectX 9 performance 48.3 FPS 28.8 % 67.8 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 26.5 FPS 0 % 16.1 FPS 39.4 %
DirectX 11 performance 41 FPS 0 % 34.2 FPS 16.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 16.8 FPS 0 % 15 FPS 10.5 %
Graphic card computing 2794.9 operations/s 0 % 1775.7 operations/s 36.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7870 XT, GeForce GTX 660.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 70.7 FPS 65.9 FPS
High settings 127.3 FPS 118.6 FPS
Medium settings 152.7 FPS 142.3 FPS
Low settings 213.8 FPS 199.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.8 %

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 XT, GeForce GTX 660.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 XT GeForce GTX 660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 56.1 FPS 52.9 FPS
High settings 101.0 FPS 95.3 FPS
Medium settings 121.2 FPS 114.3 FPS
Low settings 169.7 FPS 160.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.7 %
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