AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS 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 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- 14.8x more texture fill rate: 80 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
- Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 34.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4638 vs 134
- Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 592 vs 335
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 5 March 2012 vs 22 March 2006 |
Texture fill rate | 80 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 90 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 4638 vs 134 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 592 vs 335 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 4638 | 134 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 592 | 335 |
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 | NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Curie |
Code name | Pitcairn | G73 |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
Launch date | 5 March 2012 | 22 March 2006 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | |
Place in performance rating | 476 | 479 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 2,560 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 1280 | |
Stream Processors | 1024 | |
Texture fill rate | 80 GTexel / s | 5.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt | |
Transistor count | 2,800 million | 177 million |
Core clock speed | 450 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 11 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 12.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 800 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire | ||
FreeSync |