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Radeon HD 7870 XT vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Radeon HD 7870 XT vs Radeon RX 6700 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Radeon HD 7870 XT

2 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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Radeon RX 6700 XT

12 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

Sapphire 11306-01-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2

Buy for €454.5 on Amazon

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Radeon HD 7870 XT

2 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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Radeon RX 6700 XT

12 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

Sapphire 11306-01-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2

Buy for €454.5 on Amazon

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MSRP $270

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $479

Sapphire 11306-01-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

XFX Speedster QICK319 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Black Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 HDMI 3xDP, AMD RDNA 2 RX-67XTYPBDP

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6700 XT 192-bit 12GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Dual Torx 4.0 Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready RGB Graphics Card (RX 6700 XT Gaming X 12G)

XFX Speedster MERC319 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Black Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 HDMI 3xDP, AMD RDNA 2 RX-67XTYTBDP

PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, HDMI 2.1

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 2620MHz, PCI Express 4, 192-bit, 3X DP v 1.4, HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K & 8K)

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6700 XT 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 6700 XT is 3026 days newer than Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Advantages of Radeon HD 7870 XT

Consumes up to 20% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT - 185 vs 230 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6700 XT

Performs up to 46% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Radeon HD 7870 XT - 92 vs 63 FPS
Up to 500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 12 vs 2 GB

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012

FPS

63

68%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Radeon RX 6700 XT

Desktop • Mar 3rd, 2021

FPS

92

100%

Value, €/FPS

€4.94/FPS

100%

Price, €

€454.5

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Sapphire 11306-01-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2

Buy for €454.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 102 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012

Radeon RX 6700 XT

Desktop • Mar 3rd, 2021

81

FPS

133

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

385

FPS

394

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

120

FPS

172

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

Escape From Tarkov

550

FPS

779

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

141

FPS

201

FPS

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

Theoretical Performance

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012

Pixel Fillrate

31.2 GPixel/s

19%

Texel Fillrate

93.6 GTexel/s

23%

Radeon RX 6700 XT

Desktop • Mar 3rd, 2021

Pixel Fillrate

165.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

413 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon HD 7870 XT	vs	Radeon RX 6700 XT
Nov 19th, 2012	Release Date	Mar 3rd, 2021
Southern Islands	Generation	Navi II
$270	MSRP	$479
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
2 GB	Memory	12 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	192-bit
192 GB/s	Bandwidth	384 GB/s
925 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2321 MHz
975 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2581 MHz
1500 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz

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€454.5

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€468.46

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€454.5

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€594.59

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€454.5

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€454.5

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€454.5

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€364.86

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€454.5

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€550.67

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€454.5

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€837.83

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€620.72

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€454.5

€234.23

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€454.5

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€582.04

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€454.5

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€454.5

€135.63

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€454.5

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€234.14

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€454.5

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€58.55

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€454.5

€67.55

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€454.5

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€307.99

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€192.79

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€454.5

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€454.5

€49.54

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€454.5

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€1,350.45

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€454.5

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€454.5

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€550.67

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€454.5

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€620.72

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€454.5

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€440.53