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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.

Radeon HD 7870 XT

2 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro 8GB GDDR6 Ray-Tracing LHR Graphics Card, 5888 Core, 1500MHz GPU, 1725 Boost, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, TurboFan 3.0

Buy for £752.36 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 100 minutes ago

Radeon HD 7870 XT

2 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

Search on Amazon

N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro 8GB GDDR6 Ray-Tracing LHR Graphics Card, 5888 Core, 1500MHz GPU, 1725 Boost, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, TurboFan 3.0

Buy for £752.36 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 100 minutes ago

Prices and Stock
MSRP $270

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $499

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro 8GB GDDR6 Ray-Tracing LHR Graphics Card, 5888 Core, 1500MHz GPU, 1725 Boost, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, TurboFan 3.0

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING Z TRIO 8G LHR Gaming Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 1845 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 256 bit, 3x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

Zotac GAMING NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (ZT-A30700E-10PLHR)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 EAGLE 8GB V2 LHR Graphics Card

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 8500% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Radeon HD 7870 XT - 86 vs 1 FPS
Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 8 vs 2 GB

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Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012

FPS

1

1%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

FPS

86

100%

Value, £/FPS

£8.75/FPS

100%

Price, £

£752.36

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro 8GB GDDR6 Ray-Tracing LHR Graphics Card, 5888 Core, 1500MHz GPU, 1725 Boost, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, TurboFan 3.0

Buy for £752.36 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 100 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012

GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

136

FPS

81

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

395

FPS

385

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

176

FPS

120

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

Escape From Tarkov

794

FPS

550

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

204

FPS

141

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

29%

GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

165.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

317.4 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon HD 7870 XT	vs	GeForce RTX 3070
Nov 19th, 2012	Release Date	Sep 1st, 2020
Southern Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
$270	MSRP	$499
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 12-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
2 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
192 GB/s	Bandwidth	448 GB/s
925 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1500 MHz
975 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1725 MHz
1500 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1750 MHz

PCs Using Radeon HD 7870 XT or GeForce RTX 3070

With selected game settings

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC Image

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC

80 FPS

£14.99/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i9-12900KF

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,199

In Stock

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC Image

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC

85 FPS

£18.22/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i9-13900KF

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,549

In Stock

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC Image

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC

78 FPS

£13.77/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i9-11900KF

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,074

In Stock

Vibox III-121 Gaming PC Image

Vibox III-121 Gaming PC

71 FPS

£13.94/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i7-10700F

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£989.95

In Stock

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC Image

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC

84 FPS

£14.87/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Ryzen 9 7900X

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,249

In Stock

Vibox VIII-37 Gaming PC Image

Vibox VIII-37 Gaming PC

78 FPS

£14.55/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i9-11900KF

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,134.95

In Stock

Veno Scorp Gaming PC Image

Veno Scorp Gaming PC

71 FPS

£21.62/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

£1,535

In Stock

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3XS iCUE Gaming PC

77 FPS

£20.78/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i5-12400F

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,599.96

In Stock

Alienware Aurora R14 VR Ready Gaming PC Image

Alienware Aurora R14 VR Ready Gaming PC

75 FPS

£45.48/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Ryzen 7 5800

16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

£3,410.94

In Stock

Veno Scorp Gaming PC Image

Veno Scorp Gaming PC

77 FPS

£16.49/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i3-12100F

8 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

£1,269.99

In Stock

Radeon HD 7870 XT and GeForce RTX 3070 Popular Comparisons

Compare 2 Graphics Cards in Games

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GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

£799.98

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 3060

£254.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Radeon RX 7600 XT

£319.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 4060

£254.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Radeon RX 7800 XT

£469.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

£201.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

£141.32

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Radeon RX 7700 XT

£469.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

£89.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

£1,151.3

Radeon HD 7870 XT

£244.6

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

£1,305

Radeon HD 7870 XT

£147.42

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Out of Stock

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce GT 1030

£68.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

£70.62

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£334.78

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 2060

£406.74

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 4090

Out of Stock

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

£359.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

£63.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Radeon RX 6700 XT

£499

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

£409

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£484.71

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

£900

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 3080

£899

Radeon HD 7870 XT

£605.36

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

£199.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

£799.98

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 3060

£254.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

Radeon RX 7600 XT

£319.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 4060

£254.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

Radeon RX 7800 XT

£469.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

£201.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

£141.32

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

Radeon RX 7700 XT

£469.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

£89.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

£1,151.3

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

£244.6

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

£1,305

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

£147.42

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce GT 1030

£68.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

£70.62

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£334.78

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 2060

£406.74

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 4090

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

£359.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

£63.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

Radeon RX 6700 XT

£499

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

£409

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£484.71