Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 590 outperforms Radeon HD 7870M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 590 is 2396 days newer than Radeon HD 7870M.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870M
- Consumes up to 74% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 590 - 45 vs 175 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 590
- Performs up to 22% better in Rust than Radeon HD 7870M - 104 vs 85 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7870M - 8 vs 2 GB
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon HD 7870M
Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012
Radeon RX 590
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 590
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Pixel Fillrate
49.44 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
222.5 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7870M | vs | AMD Radeon RX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 24th, 2012 | Release Date | Nov 15th, 2018 |
| London | Generation | Polaris |
| Not Available | MSRP | $279 |
| None | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 64 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
| 800 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1469 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1545 MHz |
| 1000 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
