AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition vs AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition and AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 4.2x more texture fill rate: 80 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 1280 vs 480
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4604 vs 804
  • Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 324
  • 6.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 11715
  • 7.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.446 vs 7.266
  • 10.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.68 vs 0.464
  • 4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 294.215 vs 71.832
  • 5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6821 vs 1366
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 2385
  • 5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6821 vs 1366
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 2385
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 March 2012 vs 5 January 2012
Texture fill rate 80 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 480
Floating-point performance 2,560 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4604 vs 804
PassMark - G2D Mark 586 vs 324
Geekbench - OpenCL 77430 vs 11715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.446 vs 7.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.68 vs 0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 294.215 vs 71.832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6821 vs 1366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 2385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6821 vs 1366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 2385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM

  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 66 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4604
804
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
586
324
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
77430
11715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
55.446
7.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.68
0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
294.215
71.832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6821
1366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
2385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6821
1366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
2385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3357
Name AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 4604 804
PassMark - G2D Mark 586 324
Geekbench - OpenCL 77430 11715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.446 7.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.68 0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 294.215 71.832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6821 1366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 2385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6821 1366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 2385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1651

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Pitcairn Turks
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date 5 March 2012 5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $349
Place in performance rating 463 1103
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,560 gflops 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1280 480
Stream Processors 1024
Texture fill rate 80 GTexel / s 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 66 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 716 million
Core clock speed 800 MHz

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 241 mm 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 11 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync