Radeon PRO V710 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 ranking413not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.21no data
Power efficiency4.31no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTahitiNavi 32
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date19 November 2012 (12 years ago)3 October 2024 (less than a year 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 cores15363456
Core clock speed925 MHz1900 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt158 Watt
Texture fill rate93.60432.0
Floating-point processing power2.995 TFLOPS27.65 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs96216
Ray Tracing Coresno data54

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB28 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit224 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s504.0 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-DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 November 2012 3 October 2024
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 28 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 158 Watt

PRO V710 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 17.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7870 XT and Radeon PRO V710. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7870 XT is a desktop card while Radeon PRO V710 is a workstation one.


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