GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
Summary
GeForce GTX 970
183%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 970
150%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970 |
| 50% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 970
The GeForce GTX 970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,200 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1664 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 13 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 1050 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 56 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 104 | vs | 96 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| TDP | 148 watts | vs | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Sep 2014 | vs | 19 Nov 2012 |
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
88.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2842.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
15750
Radeon HD 7870 XT
8590
Points (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 970
54
Radeon HD 7870 XT
36
FPS (higher is better)