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: 592 vs 435
- Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4636 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 | 592 vs 435 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4636 vs 3197 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) | AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1826 | 1651 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 20572 | 77430 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 435 | 592 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3197 | 4636 |
| 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 | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 | 475 | 477 |
| Type | Desktop, Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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| Eyefinity | ||
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| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12 | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| 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 |
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| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| CrossFire | ||
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