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    Radeon E9260 MXM vs Radeon HD 7870M

    Radeon E9260 MXM
    Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 27 Sep 2016
    Radeon E9260 MXM
    Radeon HD 7870M
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 24 Apr 2012
    Radeon HD 7870M

    Summary

    Reasons to consider Radeon E9260 MXM

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports FreeSync
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports TrueAudio
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870M

    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Mantle
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    Radeon E9260 MXM

    HWBench recommends Radeon E9260 MXM

    Based on theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    Radeon E9260 MXMRadeon HD 7870M
    GPU NameBaffin (Baffin PRO)vsHeathrow (Heathrow XT)
    Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size123 mm²vs123 mm²
    Transistors3,000 millionvs1,500 million
    Shaders896vs640
    Compute Units14vs10
    Core clock1090 MHzvs800 MHz
    ROPs16vs16
    TMUs48vs40

    Memory Configuration

    Radeon E9260 MXMRadeon HD 7870M
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed1750 MHz
    7000 MHz effective    		vs1000 MHz
    4000 MHz effective
    Memory Size4096 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    Radeon E9260 MXMRadeon HD 7870M
    TDP50 wattsvs45 watts
    Release Date27 Sep 2016vs24 Apr 2012

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • Radeon E9260 MXM
      19.20 GP/s
    • Radeon HD 7870M
      12.80 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • Radeon E9260 MXM
      57.60 GT/s
    • Radeon HD 7870M
      32.00 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • Radeon E9260 MXM
      112.00 GB/s
    • Radeon HD 7870M
      64.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • Radeon E9260 MXM
      2150.40 GFLOPs
    • Radeon HD 7870M
      1024.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

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