AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 - 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 RX 560X (Laptop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 1020x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 80 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 5.8x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1826 vs 1651
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2018 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed 1275 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s vs 80 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1826 vs 1651

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
  • 984.6x better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
  • 3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 20572
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 591 vs 435
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4635 vs 3197
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1280 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 2,560 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 77430 vs 20572
PassMark - G2D Mark 591 vs 435
PassMark - G3D Mark 4635 vs 3197

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1826
1651
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
20572
77430
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
435
591
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3197
4635
Name AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1826 1651
Geekbench - OpenCL 20572 77430
PassMark - G2D Mark 435 591
PassMark - G3D Mark 3197 4635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Baffin Pitcairn
Design Radeon RX 500X Series AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018 5 March 2012
Place in performance rating 474 477
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1275 MHz 1000 MHz
Compute units 14/16
Core clock speed 1175 MHz
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs 2,560 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 1280
Pixel fill rate 20.40 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 896/1024 1024
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s 80 GTexel / s
Texture Units 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire