AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition vs ATI Radeon X700 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition and ATI Radeon X700 SE 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.

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

ATI Radeon X700 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
50x more texture fill rate: 80 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 500 MHz
65x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4617 vs 71
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 591 vs 348

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2012 vs 1 April 2005
Texture fill rate	80 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4617 vs 71
PassMark - G2D Mark	591 vs 348

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4617

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

591

348

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition	ATI Radeon X700 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	4617	71
PassMark - G2D Mark	591	348
Geekbench - OpenCL	77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1651

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition	ATI Radeon X700 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R400
Code name	Pitcairn	RV410
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	5 March 2012	1 April 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	472	473
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,560 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1280
Stream Processors	1024
Texture fill rate	80 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	120 million
Core clock speed		400 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0b
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync