AMD Radeon 780M vs AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and AMD Radeon HD 7870M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 88% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 4350x more texture fill rate: 139.2 GTexel/s vs 32 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 879 vs 556
  • 4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6998 vs 1507
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Jan 2023 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 139.2 GTexel/s vs 32 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 879 vs 556
PassMark - G3D Mark 6998 vs 1507

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 780M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
879
556
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6998
1507
Name AMD Radeon 780M AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Geekbench - OpenCL 27793
PassMark - G2D Mark 879 556
PassMark - G3D Mark 6998 1507
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 480
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 780M AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Phoenix Heathrow
Launch date 4 Jan 2023 24 April 2012
Place in performance rating 240 590
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2900 MHz
Compute units 12
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 640
Pixel fill rate 92.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 139.2 GTexel/s 32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount System Shared 2 GB
Memory bandwidth System Dependent 64 GB / s
Memory bus width System Shared 128 Bit
Memory clock speed System Shared 4000 MHz
Memory type System Shared GDDR5
Shared memory 0