AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 XT

NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 589 MHz
39.7x more texture fill rate: 93.6 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
192x more pipelines: 1536 vs 8
133.5x better floating-point performance: 2,995 gflops vs 22.432 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
7.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 800 MHz
35.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4470 vs 126
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2012 vs 26 November 2009
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	93.6 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2,995 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4470 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	661 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

6x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 185 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4470

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

661

309

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	4470	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	661	309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1230.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	78.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	345.793
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1745

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Tahiti	GT218
Launch date	19 November 2012	26 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$270
Place in performance rating	532	531
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,995 gflops	22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1536	8
Texture fill rate	93.6 GTexel / s	2.356 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2