GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
Summary
GeForce GTX 960
120%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 960
100%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
105%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960 |
| 65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7870 XT . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 XT |
| 5% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon HD 7870 XT
The Radeon HD 7870 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 1127 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 96 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Jan 2015 | vs | 19 Nov 2012 |
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
88.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2842.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
10380
Radeon HD 7870 XT
8590
Points (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 960
34
Radeon HD 7870 XT
36
FPS (higher is better)