AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 8760 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 225 Watt
3.8x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 5 March 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

2x more texture fill rate: 80 GTexel / s vs 40 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
2x better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 1,280 gflops
Around 69% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 45762

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	80 GTexel / s vs 40 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,560 gflops vs 1,280 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	77430 vs 45762

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45762

77430

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Geekbench - OpenCL	45762	77430
PassMark - G3D Mark		4637
PassMark - G2D Mark		589
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.767
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 8760 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Cape Verde	Pitcairn
Launch date	8 January 2013	5 March 2012
Place in performance rating	476	477
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,280 gflops	2,560 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	1280
Texture fill rate	40 GTexel / s	80 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	2,800 million
Boost clock speed		1000 MHz
Stream Processors		1024
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync