amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores153.6 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
amd
Brand4GB GDDR6
Memory1024
Cores143.9 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
$349 • Mar 2012
Radeon RX 6500 XT
$199 • Jan 2022
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 175 W | 107 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 2815 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 143.9 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 6nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 1024 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 64-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1200 MHz | 2248 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 32 GPixel/s | 90.08 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 80 GTexel/s | 143.9 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.56 GFLOPS | 5.765 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 107 mm² |
| Transistors | 2800 Million | 5400 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.2 |
| 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 6500 XT
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 6500 XT
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 6500 XT
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 6500 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD • 4GB GDDR6
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