AMD Radeon HD 7870
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
AMD Radeon HD 7870
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7870 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

269
Place in performance rating
243
35.89
Value for money (0-100)
7.86
GCN
Architecture
Kepler
Pitcairn XT
Code name
GK104
Desktop
Type
Desktop
5 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
10 May 2012 (9 years ago)
$412.83
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$406 (1x MSRP)
Price now
$127 (0.3x MSRP)
4.82
Value for money
20.35
Pitcairn XT
GPU code name
GK104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 7870 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
1344
1000 MHz
Core clock speed
915 MHz
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Boost Clock
980 MHz
2800 Million
Transistor count
3,540 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
175 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
80.00
Texture fill rate
102.5 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
2,459.5 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
no data
CUDA cores
1344
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1344
no data
Boost clock speed
980 MHz
2800 Million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
175 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
170 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 7870 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
241 mm
Length
9.5" (24.1 cm)
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
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SLI options
+
no data
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256-bit GDDR5
4800 MHz
Memory clock speed
6.0 GB/s
153.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
-
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7870 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
+
no data
Multi monitor support
4 displays
no data
HDCP
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 7870 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
+
no data
CUDA
+
+
CrossFire
no data
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3D Gaming
+
no data
FXAA
+
no data
TXAA
+
no data
Adaptive VSync
+
no data
3D Blu-Ray
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 7870 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
DirectX
12 (11_0)
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OpenGL
4.2
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Vulkan
1.1.126
no data
Shader Model
5.1
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7870 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
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

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

2.95% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($127 (0.3x MSRP) vs $406 (1x MSRP))

More pipelines (1344 vs 1280)

Less power consumption (170 Watt vs 175 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (192.2 GB/s vs 153.6 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Radeon HD 7870 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 .

AMD Radeon HD 7870 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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