amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores153.6 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
amd
Brand24GB GDDR6
Memory6144
Cores960 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
$349 • Mar 2012
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
$999 • Nov 2022
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 175 W | 355 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 2498 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 960 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | RDNA 3.0 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 6144 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 96 |
| TMUs | 80 | 384 |
| ROPs | 32 | 192 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1200 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 32 GPixel/s | 479.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 80 GTexel/s | 960 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.56 GFLOPS | 61.39 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 529 mm² |
| Transistors | 2800 Million | 57700 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 750 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| 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 7900 XTX
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 7900 XTX
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 7900 XTX
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 7900 XTX
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AMD • 24GB GDDR6
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