AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and AMD Radeon HD 7870. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

6
Place in performance rating
269
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Value for money (0-100)
35.89
Navi / RDNA2
Architecture
GCN
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Code name
Pitcairn XT
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Type
Desktop
18 November 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
5 March 2012 (9 years ago)
$649
Launch price (MSRP)
$412.83
$1713 (2.6x MSRP)
Price now
$406 (1x MSRP)
17.75
Value for money
4.82
Navi 21
GPU code name
Pitcairn XT
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and AMD Radeon HD 7870 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
1280
1825 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
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Transistor count
2800 Million
7 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
648.0
Texture fill rate
80.00
4608
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
2250 MHz
Boost clock speed
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26,800 million
Number of transistors
2800 Million
300 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
175 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and AMD Radeon HD 7870.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
241 mm
2x 8-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 Radeon RX 6800 XT and AMD Radeon HD 7870 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
16 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
16000 MHz
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
512.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and AMD Radeon HD 7870, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
+
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and AMD Radeon HD 7870 is the additional functionality.

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CrossFire
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and AMD Radeon HD 7870. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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DirectX
DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and AMD Radeon HD 7870 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 RX 6800 XT or AMD Radeon HD 7870 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon HD 7870
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon HD 7870
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon HD 7870
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon HD 7870
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon HD 7870
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 RX 6800 XT

65.1% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (512.0 GB/s vs 153.6 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870

Cheaper ($406 (1x MSRP) vs $1713 (2.6x MSRP))

So, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT or AMD Radeon HD 7870?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT .

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT versus AMD Radeon HD 7870 performance benchmarks comparison

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