UHD Graphics Xe 24EUs vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

VS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking414not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.61no data
Power efficiency4.30no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Gen. 12 (2021−2023)
GPU code nameTahitino data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 November 2012 (12 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$270 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores153632
Core clock speed925 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHz1250 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)185 Wattno data
Texture fill rate93.60no data
Floating-point processing power2.995 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs96no data

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 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/sno data

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 data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7870 XT and UHD Graphics Xe 24EUs. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7870 XT is a desktop card while UHD Graphics Xe 24EUs is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Radeon HD 7870 XT
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 24EUs
UHD Graphics Xe 24EUs

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


4 38 votes

Rate Radeon HD 7870 XT on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.1 46 votes

Rate UHD Graphics Xe 24EUs on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.