Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5700 XT |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 XT |
| 40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 5700 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon RX 5700 XT
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 10 (Navi 10 XT) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 254 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 40 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 1605 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 256 | vs | 96 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| TDP | 225 watts | vs | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Jul 2019 | vs | 19 Nov 2012 |
Radeon RX 5700 XT
112.30 GP/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5700 XT
449.30 GT/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
88.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5700 XT
448.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5700 XT
8980.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2842.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better