Graphics card overview

Radeon HD 7870 XT

AMD

Radeon HD 7870 XT

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 19 Nov 2012 DESKTOP

Core configuration

GPU	Tahiti
Architecture	AMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs	1536 : 96 : 32
Raytracing Cores	none
Performance	2842.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size	2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width	256 bit
Memory Speed	1500 MHz 6000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth	192.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 7870 XT is a graphics card released by AMD on 19 Nov 2012. The graphics card houses the Tahiti die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 4,313 million transistors on a 28 nm, 352 mm² die.

Radeon HD 7870 XT 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 XT	GeForce GTX 950 Compare	GeForce GTX 960 Compare	Radeon R9 285 Compare	GeForce GTX 750 Ti Compare
Shader units	1536	768	1024	1792	640
ROPs	32	32	32	32	16
Graphics processor	Tahiti	GM206	GM206	Tonga	GM107
Process size	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm
Memory	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz 6000 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1653 MHz 6612 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1753 MHz 7012 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1375 MHz 5500 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1350 MHz 5400 MHz effective)
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit	128 bit	256 bit	128 bit
Memory bandwidth	192.00 Gb/s	105.80 Gb/s	112.20 Gb/s	176.00 Gb/s	86.40 Gb/s
Release date	19 Nov 2012	20 Aug 2015	22 Jan 2015	2 Sep 2014	18 Feb 2014