amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1536
Cores192 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory2176
Cores336 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Radeon HD 7870 XT
$270 • Nov 2012
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
$ • Dec 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 185 W | 184 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 975 MHz | 1650 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 336 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 2176 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 34 |
| TMUs | 96 | 136 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 31.2 GPixel/s | 79.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 192 GTexel/s | 336 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.995 GFLOPS | 7.181 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 445 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 10800 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 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 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
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