AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 XT and AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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: 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 973 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 1073 MHz vs 725 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 4500 MHz
3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 31395 vs 8637

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2019 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed	973 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1073 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	31395 vs 8637

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

31395

8637

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Geekbench - OpenCL	31395	8637
PassMark - G3D Mark		1638
PassMark - G2D Mark		629
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		106.848
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Ellesmere	Venus
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	13 March 2019	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	741	744
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1073 MHz	725 MHz
Core clock speed	973 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	1,500 million
Compute units		10
Floating-point performance		992.0 gflops
Pipelines		640
Texture fill rate		31 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0	11
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	4500 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		72 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0