Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 460 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
AMD
Radeon RX 460
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 Jun 2016
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 19 Nov 2012
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon RX 460100%
- Radeon HD 7870 XT106%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 460
- 110 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7870 XT .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7870 XT
- Around 6% higher average synthetic performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon HD 7870 XT
The Radeon HD 7870 XT is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|
| GPU Name | Baffin (Baffin PRO) | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 123 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 896 | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 14 | 24 |
| Core clock | 1090 MHz | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | 96 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 460 | Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | 19 Nov 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 46019.20 GP/s
- Radeon HD 7870 XT29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 46067.20 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7870 XT88.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 460112.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7870 XT192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 4602150.40 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 7870 XT2842.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon RX 4608080
- Radeon HD 7870 XT8590
Points (higher is better)