AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition 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 7300 GT Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 350 MHz
33.4x more texture fill rate: 93.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	19 November 2012 vs 26 August 2006
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	93.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition

7.7x lower typical power consumption: 24 Watt vs 185 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	4470
PassMark - G2D Mark	661
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 7300 GT Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Tahiti	G73
Launch date	19 November 2012	26 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$270
Place in performance rating	521	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,995 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	93.6 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	24 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3