AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 8950 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM
- Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
- Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 200 Watt
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 850 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 175 Watt vs 200 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
- Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 80 GTexel / s
- Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
- Around 29% better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 2,560 gflops
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Texture fill rate | 103.6 GTexel / s vs 80 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1792 vs 1280 |
Floating-point performance | 3,315 gflops vs 2,560 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 4800 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
Name | AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM | AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2785 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 364 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 13773 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 40.311 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 795.334 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.328 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.205 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 181.508 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4396 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3705 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3348 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4396 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3705 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3348 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 8870 OEM | AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | Pitcairn | Tahiti |
Launch date | 8 January 2013 | 8 January 2013 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 720 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 850 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2,560 gflops | 3,315 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 1280 | 1792 |
Texture fill rate | 80 GTexel / s | 103.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 175 Watt | 200 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,800 million | 4,313 million |
Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 241 mm | 267 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12.0 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB / s | 240.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | 5000 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |