AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition videocard released by AMD; release date: 5 March 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $349. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Pitcairn.

Boost clock speed - 1000 MHz. Texture fill rate - 80 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1280. Floating-point performance - 2,560 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,800 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 225 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 153.6 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
4636
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
592
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
55.446 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
952.668 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
4.680 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
64.456 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
294.215 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
6821 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3716 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3358 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
6821.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3716.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3358.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
1651
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 4636
PassMark - G2D Mark 592
Geekbench - OpenCL 77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 55.446 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 952.668 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 4.680 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 64.456 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 294.215 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6821 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3716 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3358 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6821.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3716.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3358.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1651

Games performance

Battlefield 1 (2016)

High, 1920x108052.00
Ultra, 1920x108044.70

Fallout 4 (2015)

Medium, 1366x76877.40
High, 1920x108044.50
Ultra, 1920x108035.70

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Medium, 1366x76863.50
High, 1920x108036.30
Ultra, 1920x108020.30

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x76891.60
Medium, 1366x76876.50
High, 1366x76868.00
Ultra, 1920x108043.00

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76837.80
Medium, 1366x76835.80
High, 1366x76835.30
Ultra, 1920x108023.80

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76890.90
Medium, 1366x76879.80
High, 1366x76857.70
Ultra, 1920x108025.80

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76887.30
Medium, 1366x76871.20
High, 1366x76868.80
Ultra, 1920x108053.90

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768277.60
Medium, 1366x768228.90
High, 1366x768226.20
Ultra, 1920x1080163.40

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72060.00
High, 1366x76859.70
Ultra, 1920x108059.70

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Medium, 1366x76890.40
High, 1366x76880.40
Ultra, 1920x108055.70

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768124.20
Medium, 1366x76898.10
High, 1366x76878.80
Ultra, 1920x108038.60

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768256.70
High, 1366x768198.60
Ultra, 1920x108094.10

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768325.30
Medium, 1360x768120.20
High, 1360x768119.00
Ultra, 1920x1080105.50

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600134.10
Medium, 1360x768123.50
High, 1600x90083.50
Ultra, 1920x108032.50

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Pitcairn
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date 5 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $349
Place in performance rating 477
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,560 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 1280
Stream Processors 1024
Texture fill rate 80 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync