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Radeon HD 7870 XT vs Radeon RX 580

Radeon HD 7870 XT vs Radeon RX 580: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 580

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 1386MHz OC+, 8GB GDDR5, VR Ready, Dual BIOS, 3xDP HDMI DVI, AMD Graphics Card (RX-580P8DFD6)

Buy for 117.11 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 47 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 580

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 1386MHz OC+, 8GB GDDR5, VR Ready, Dual BIOS, 3xDP HDMI DVI, AMD Graphics Card (RX-580P8DFD6)

Buy for 117.11 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 47 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 580 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 Radeon RX 580 is 1611 days newer than Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Advantages of Radeon RX 580

  • Performs up to 17% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Radeon HD 7870 XT - 95 vs 81 FPS
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 8 vs 2 GB
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Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012


FPS

81

85%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017


FPS

95

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.23/FPS

100%

Price, €

€117.11

100%

FPS and Value Winner

XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 1386MHz OC+, 8GB GDDR5, VR Ready, Dual BIOS, 3xDP HDMI DVI, AMD Graphics Card (RX-580P8DFD6)

Buy for 117.11 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 47 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012


Pixel Fillrate

31.2 GPixel/s

73%

Texel Fillrate

93.6 GTexel/s

48%

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

42.88 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

193 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo

Radeon HD 7870 XT

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AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo

Radeon RX 580

Nov 19th, 2012Release Date
Apr 18th, 2017
Southern IslandsGenerationPolaris
$270MSRP
$229
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
256-bitBus256-bit
192 GB/sBandwidth
256 GB/s
925 MHzBase Clock Speed
1257 MHz
975 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1340 MHz
1500 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2000 MHz

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