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Radeon HD 7870 XT vs GeForce RTX 3070

Radeon HD 7870 XT vs GeForce RTX 3070: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Buy for 535.93 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 231 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Buy for 535.93 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 231 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3070 outperforms Radeon HD 7870 XT on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3070 is 2843 days newer than Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Advantages of Radeon HD 7870 XT

  • Consumes up to 16% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 185 vs 220 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070

  • Performs up to 60% better in Rust than Radeon HD 7870 XT - 154 vs 96 FPS
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 8 vs 2 GB
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Rust

Rust

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012


FPS

96

62%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


FPS

154

100%

Value, €/FPS

€3.48/FPS

100%

Price, €

€535.93

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Buy for 535.93 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 231 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012


Pixel Fillrate

31.2 GPixel/s

19%

Texel Fillrate

93.6 GTexel/s

29%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

165.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

317.4 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo

Radeon HD 7870 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo

GeForce RTX 3070

Nov 19th, 2012Release Date
Sep 1st, 2020
Southern IslandsGenerationGeForce 30
$270
MSRP$499
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus256-bit
192 GB/sBandwidth
448 GB/s
925 MHzBase Clock Speed
1500 MHz
975 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1725 MHz
1500 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1750 MHz

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