AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM

Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 4800 MHz

Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 4800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 80 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
Around 8% better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 2,368 gflops

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	80 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2,560 gflops vs 2,368 gflops

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Curacao	Pitcairn
Launch date	8 January 2013	8 January 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	925 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,368 gflops	2,560 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	1280
Texture fill rate	74 GTexel / s	80 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5