AMD Radeon RX 570X vs AMD Radeon E8870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570X and AMD Radeon E8870 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

AMD Radeon RX 570X

AMD Radeon E8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570X

Videocard is newer: launch date 92 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3317.3x more texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8697 vs 4620
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8697 vs 4620
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 708

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2108 vs 29 September 2015
Core clock speed	1168 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8697 vs 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8697 vs 4620
PassMark - G2D Mark	750 vs 708

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

301.2x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5030 vs 3101
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5030 vs 3101
5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18191 vs 3345
5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18191 vs 3345
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3368 vs 1923

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191 vs 3345
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368 vs 1923

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8870

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8697

4620

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8697

4620

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3101

5030

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3101

5030

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

18191

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

18191

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

750

708

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1923

3368

Name	AMD Radeon RX 570X	AMD Radeon E8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8697	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8697	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3101	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3101	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	18191
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	18191
PassMark - G2D Mark	750	708
PassMark - G3D Mark	1923	3368
Geekbench - OpenCL	38939
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.11

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 570X	AMD Radeon E8870
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Saturn
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2108	29 September 2015
Place in performance rating	337	341
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1244 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.1 TFLOPs	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	768
Pixel fill rate	39.81 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s	48 GTexel / s
Texture Units	128
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	6000 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