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- GeForce GTX 760 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
GeForce GTX 760 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
| GeForce GTX 760Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOPRelease date: 25 Jun 2013 |
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| Radeon HD 7870 XTMemory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOPRelease date: 19 Nov 2012 |
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 760100%
- Radeon HD 7870 XT100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 760113%
- Radeon HD 7870 XT100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 760 |
| 13% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GeForce GTX 760
The GeForce GTX 760 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).Specifications
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 760 | Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-225-A2) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1152 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 96 | vs | 96 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 760 | Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz 6008 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz 6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 760 | Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|
| TDP | 170 watts | vs | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Jun 2013 | vs | 19 Nov 2012 |
Raw Performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 76023.50 GP/s
- Radeon HD 7870 XT29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 76094.10 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7870 XT88.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 760192.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7870 XT192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 7602258.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 7870 XT2842.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 7608600
- Radeon HD 7870 XT8590
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
1920x12002560x1440 (WQHD)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 76064
- Radeon HD 7870 XT49
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 76039
- Radeon HD 7870 XT31
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 76052
- Radeon HD 7870 XT54
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 76037
- Radeon HD 7870 XT36
FPS (higher is better)
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