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Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores153.6 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
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Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 560
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
$349 • Mar 2012
Radeon RX 560
$99 • Apr 2017
AMD Radeon RX 560
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | AMD Radeon RX 560 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 175 W | 75 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1275 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 112 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 1024 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 80 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1200 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 32 GPixel/s | 20.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 80 GTexel/s | 112 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.56 GFLOPS | 2.611 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 2800 Million | 3000 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 250 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon RX 560
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon RX 560
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon RX 560
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
AMD Radeon RX 560
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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It's a Tie!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 560
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
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