Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7870 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 470 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7870 XT is 969 days newer than GeForce GTX 470.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
- Performs up to 8% better in Rust than GeForce GTX 470 - 90 vs 83 FPS
- Consumes up to 14% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 - 185 vs 215 Watts
- Up to 60% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 - 2 vs 1.25 GB
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce GTX 470
Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010
Radeon HD 7870 XT
Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 470
Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010
Pixel Fillrate
17.02 GPixel/s
54%
Texel Fillrate
34.05 GTexel/s
36%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
31.2 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
93.6 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 26th, 2010 | Release Date | Nov 19th, 2012 |
| GeForce 400 | Generation | Southern Islands |
| $349 | MSRP | $270 |
| 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1.25 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 320-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 133.9 GB/s | Bandwidth | 192 GB/s |
| 608 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 975 MHz |
| 837 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1500 MHz |
