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.

 

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

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