GeForce GTX 670 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
Summary
GeForce GTX 670
108%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 670
122%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 670 |
| 22% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 XT |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 670
The GeForce GTX 670 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 670 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-325-A2) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1344 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 7 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 915 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 96 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 670 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 670 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| TDP | 170 watts | vs | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 10 May 2012 | vs | 19 Nov 2012 |
GeForce GTX 670
25.60 GP/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 670
102.00 GT/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
88.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 670
192.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 670
2460.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2842.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 670
9330
Radeon HD 7870 XT
8590
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 670
71
Radeon HD 7870 XT
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 670
42
Radeon HD 7870 XT
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 670
54
Radeon HD 7870 XT
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 670
39
Radeon HD 7870 XT
36
FPS (higher is better)