Radeon RX Vega 64 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 64 |
| 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) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX Vega 64 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Vega 64
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 64 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XT) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 484 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 12,500 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 4096 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 64 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 1250 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 256 | vs | 96 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 64 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | HBM2 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 2048 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 945 MHz
1890 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX Vega 64 | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| TDP | 295 watts | vs | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Aug 2017 | vs | 19 Nov 2012 |
Radeon RX Vega 64
96.00 GP/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 64
384.00 GT/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
88.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 64
483.80 GB/s
Radeon HD 7870 XT
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 64
12288.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2842.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better