AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	471	452
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.18	4.01
Power efficiency	4.44	5.20
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Tahiti	GK104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	19 November 2012 (13 years ago)	25 June 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$270	$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

GTX 760 has 26% better value for money than HD 7870 XT.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	1152
Core clock speed	925 MHz	980 MHz
Boost clock speed	975 MHz	1033 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	97 °C
Texture fill rate	93.60	99.07
Floating-point processing power	2.995 TFLOPS	2.378 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	96	96
L1 Cache	384 KB	96 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	512 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Minimum recommended system power	no data	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
SLI options	-	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	192.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	no data	4 displays
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D	-	+
3D Gaming	-	+
3D Vision	-	+
PhysX	-	+
3D Vision Live	-	+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.126
CUDA	-	+