Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 560 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
AMD
Radeon RX 560
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 1 Apr 2017
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 19 Nov 2012
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 560
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 560 | Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|
| GPU Name | Baffin (Baffin XT) | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 123 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 16 | 24 |
| Core clock | 1090 MHz | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 96 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 560 | 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 | 4096 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 560 | Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | 19 Nov 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 56019.20 GP/s
- Radeon HD 7870 XT29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 56076.80 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7870 XT88.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 560112.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7870 XT192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 5602457.60 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 7870 XT2842.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better