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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 590

AMD Radeon HD 7870 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 logo
General information Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 590
Launched Q2 2012 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 2048 MB 33.3 % 3072 MB 0 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 607 MHz 39.3 %
Effective Clock 5000 MHz 0 % 3456 MHz 30.9 %
DirectX DirectX 11.2 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 W 52.1 % 365 W 0 %
Length 296 mm 0 % 292 mm 1.4 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 590
Overall Score 34595 0 % 29368 15.1 %
Future Proof 20 % 0 % 11 % 45 %
Benchmark Score 11968 0 % 8625 27.9 %
2D Benchmark Score 583.7 0 % 395.6 32.2 %
Average DirectX performance 38 FPS 0 % 34.2 FPS 9.9 %
DirectX 9 performance 81.4 FPS 0 % 72.9 FPS 10.5 %
DirectX 10 performance 18.1 FPS 0 % 17.9 FPS 1.2 %
DirectX 11 performance 29.2 FPS 35.2 % 45.1 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 23.2 FPS 0 % 1 FPS 95.6 %
Graphic card computing 2343.6 operations/s 0 % 1163.2 operations/s 50.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 7870, GeForce GTX 590.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 73.0 FPS 59.3 FPS
High settings 131.4 FPS 106.7 FPS
Medium settings 157.7 FPS 128.0 FPS
Low settings 220.8 FPS 179.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.8 %

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, GeForce GTX 590.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.5 FPS 48.4 FPS
High settings 103.5 FPS 87.2 FPS
Medium settings 124.2 FPS 104.6 FPS
Low settings 173.9 FPS 146.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.8 %
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