Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Feb 2012
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7870 XT
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Nov 2012
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    100%
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    205%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    100%
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    210%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

105 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 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 XT

110% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 HD 7870 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7870 XT

The Radeon HD 7870 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon HD 7770 GHz EditionRadeon HD 7870 XT
GPU NameCape Verde (Cape Verde XT)vsTahiti (Tahiti LE)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size123 mm²vs352 mm²
Transistors1,500 millionvs4,313 million
Shaders640vs1536
Compute Units10vs24
Core clock1000 MHzvs925 MHz
ROPs16vs32
TMUs40vs96

Memory Configuration

Radeon HD 7770 GHz EditionRadeon HD 7870 XT
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective
vs1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon HD 7770 GHz EditionRadeon HD 7870 XT
TDP80 wattsvs185 watts
Release Date15 Feb 2012vs19 Nov 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    16.00 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    29.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    40.00 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    88.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    72.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    192.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    1280.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    2842.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    4170
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    8590

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    23
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    17
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    23
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    54

FPS (higher is better)