amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores153.6 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
amd
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2304
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 5700
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
$349 • Mar 2012
Radeon RX 5700
$349 • Jul 2019
AMD Radeon RX 5700
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | AMD Radeon RX 5700 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 175 W | 180 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1725 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | RDNA 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 80 | 144 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1200 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 32 GPixel/s | 110.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 80 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.56 GFLOPS | 7.949 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 251 mm² |
| Transistors | 2800 Million | 10300 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
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 5700
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 5700
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 5700
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 5700
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 5700 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 5700
AMD • 8GB GDDR6
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