AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition vs AMD Radeon HD 7970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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
• Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
• Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 34541

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

• Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 80 GTexel / s
• Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
• Around 48% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 2,560 gflops
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 1200 MHz
• Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 84.381 vs 55.001
• Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1389.754 vs 952.668
• 5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.872 vs 1.767
• Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 101.929 vs 64.456
• Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 481.76 vs 294.215
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9448 vs 6821
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9448 vs 6821
• Around 38% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2276 vs 1651

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	77430 34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	55.001 84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	952.668 1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.767 8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	64.456 101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	294.215 481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6821 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3716 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3358 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6821 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3716 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3358 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1651 2276

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