AMD Radeon R9 M395X vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M395X 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395X

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 80 GTexel / s
• Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
• Around 16% better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 2,560 gflops
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
• Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5195 vs 4604
• Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 733 vs 586
• Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 65.367 vs 55.446
• Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.718 vs 4.68
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 71.057 vs 64.456
• Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 413.329 vs 294.215
• Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7365 vs 6821
• Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7365 vs 6821

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

• Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 250 Watt
• 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 27734
• Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 952.668 vs 799.421
• Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 2154
• Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 2154

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M395X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	5195 4604
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	733 586
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	27734 77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	65.367 55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	799.421 952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5.718 4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	71.057 64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	413.329 294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7365 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2154 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3354 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7365 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2154 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3354 3358

Compare specifications (specs)