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Graphics card overview

Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

AMD

Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 5 Mar 2012 DESKTOP
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Core configuration

GPUPitcairn
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs1280 : 80 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance2560.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width256 bit
Memory Speed1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth154.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition is a graphics card released by AMD on 5 Mar 2012. The graphics card houses the Pitcairn die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 2,800 million transistors on a 28 nm, 212 mm² die.

Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition pros and cons

  • Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
  • Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Supports Mantle
  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 750 Ti Compare Radeon R7 265 Radeon R7 265 Compare Radeon R9 270 Radeon R9 270 Compare Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 270X Compare
Shader units 1280 640 1024 1280 1280
ROPs 32 16 32 32 32
Graphics processor Pitcairn GM107 Pitcairn Curacao Curacao
Process size 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm
Memory 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 bit 256 bit 256 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 154.00 Gb/s 86.40 Gb/s 179.20 Gb/s 179.00 Gb/s 179.00 Gb/s
Release date 5 Mar 2012 18 Feb 2014 13 Feb 2014 13 Nov 2013 8 Oct 2013

Benchmarks

Hitman Absolution

  • Radeon R9 270X 52
  • Radeon R9 270 51
  • Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 49
  • Radeon R7 265 45
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti 36

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

  • Radeon R9 270X 48
  • Radeon R9 270 43
  • Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 43
  • Radeon R7 265 39
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti 36

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

  • Radeon R9 270X 52
  • Radeon R9 270 51
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti 48
  • Radeon R7 265 46
  • Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 44

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 4

  • Radeon R9 270X 53
  • Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 50
  • Radeon R9 270 49
  • Radeon R7 265 44
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti 37

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

  • Radeon R9 270X 38
  • Radeon R9 270 36
  • Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 32
  • Radeon R7 265 31

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

  • Radeon R9 270X 33
  • Radeon R9 270 31
  • Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 30
  • Radeon R7 265 27
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti 25

FPS (higher is better)