AMD FireStream 9270
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
AMD FireStream 9270
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD FireStream 9270 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

565
Place in performance rating
274
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Value for money (0-100)
20.04
TeraScale
Architecture
GCN 1.0
RV770
Code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Type
Desktop
13 November 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
19 November 2012 (9 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$270
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Price now
$133 (0.5x MSRP)
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Value for money
13.51
RV770
GPU code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD FireStream 9270 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

800
Pipelines
1536
750 MHz
Core clock speed
925 MHz
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Boost Clock
975 MHz
956 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
160 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
185 Watt
30.00
Texture fill rate
93.60
1,200.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,995 gflops
800
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
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Boost clock speed
975 MHz
956 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
160 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
185 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD FireStream 9270 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
267 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD FireStream 9270 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
3600 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD FireStream 9270 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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HDMI
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD FireStream 9270 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

10.1 (10_1)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
3.3
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FireStream 9270 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD FireStream 9270 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FireStream 9270
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FireStream 9270
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FireStream 9270
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FireStream 9270
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FireStream 9270
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD FireStream 9270

Less power consumption (160 Watt vs 185 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

14.49% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 800)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

More memory bandwidth (192.0 GB/s vs 115.2 GB/s)

So, AMD FireStream 9270 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT .

AMD FireStream 9270 versus AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT performance benchmarks comparison

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