Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition vs Radeon R7 260X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition |
| 39% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 260X |
| 60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
The Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Pitcairn (Pitcairn XT) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | vs | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | vs | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| TDP | 175 watts | vs | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Mar 2012 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
FPS (higher is better)