ATI Radeon 7000 vs HD 7870 XT

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking407not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.48no data
Power efficiency4.52no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameTahitiRV100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 November 2012 (11 years ago)19 February 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$270 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1536no data
Core clock speed925 MHz183 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate93.600.55
Floating-point processing power2.995 TFLOPSno data
ROPs321
TMUs963

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB32 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz183 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s2.928 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)7.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 7870 XT 4469
+223350%
ATI 7000 2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 November 2012 19 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 23 Watt

HD 7870 XT has an age advantage of 11 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 7000, on the other hand, has 704.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7870 XT and Radeon 7000. We've got no test results to judge.


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