Radeon RX 6700 vs Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6700 |
| 55 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 . |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 6700
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6700 | | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 22 (Navi 22 XL) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn XT) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 1489 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6700 | | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 12288 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6700 | | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 175 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 5 Mar 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better