AMD Radeon HD 7870
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
AMD Radeon HD 7870
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7870 and AMD Radeon 540X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

269
Place in performance rating
558
35.89
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Pitcairn XT
Code name
Lexa
Desktop
Type
Laptop
5 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$412.83
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$406 (1x MSRP)
Price now
$421
4.82
Value for money
3.25
Pitcairn XT
GPU code name
Lexa
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 7870 and AMD Radeon 540X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
512
1000 MHz
Core clock speed
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no data
Boost Clock
1046 MHz
2800 Million
Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
175 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
80.00
Texture fill rate
33.47
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
no data
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
2800 Million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
175 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 7870 and AMD Radeon 540X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
241 mm
Length
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2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None

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 Radeon HD 7870 and AMD Radeon 540X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
4800 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
153.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7870 and AMD Radeon 540X, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 7870 and AMD Radeon 540X is the additional functionality.

+
CrossFire
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 7870 and AMD Radeon 540X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
DirectX
12 (12_0)
no data
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7870 and AMD Radeon 540X 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 Radeon HD 7870 or AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
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 Radeon HD 7870

15.11% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($406 (1x MSRP) vs $421)

More pipelines (1280 vs 512)

More memory bandwidth (153.6 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 175 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon HD 7870 or AMD Radeon 540X?

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

AMD Radeon HD 7870 versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

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