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Radeon HD 7870 XT vs GeForce RTX 4070

Radeon HD 7870 XT vs GeForce RTX 4070: 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 4070

12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12GB Graphics Card - 12GB DDRX6 21Gbps, PCI-E 4.0, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4070WF3OC-12GD

Buy for £559.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 80 minutes ago

Radeon HD 7870 XT

2 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4070

12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12GB Graphics Card - 12GB DDRX6 21Gbps, PCI-E 4.0, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4070WF3OC-12GD

Buy for £559.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 80 minutes ago

Prices and Stock
MSRP $270

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $599

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12GB Graphics Card - 12GB DDRX6 21Gbps, PCI-E 4.0, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4070WF3OC-12GD

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X E1 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 2490MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 192 Bits, 3X DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1a (Supports 4K & 8K HDR)

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 4070 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 4070 is 3796 days newer than Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Advantages of Radeon HD 7870 XT

Consumes up to 8% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 - 185 vs 200 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 4070

Performs up to 11100% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Radeon HD 7870 XT - 112 vs 1 FPS
Up to 500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 12 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 4070

Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023

FPS

112

100%

Value, £/FPS

£5/FPS

100%

Price, £

£559.95

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12GB Graphics Card - 12GB DDRX6 21Gbps, PCI-E 4.0, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4070WF3OC-12GD

Buy for £559.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 80 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 4070

Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023

149

FPS

81

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

398

FPS

385

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

192

FPS

120

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

Escape From Tarkov

859

FPS

550

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

219

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

20%

Texel Fillrate

93.6 GTexel/s

21%

GeForce RTX 4070

Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023

Pixel Fillrate

158.4 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

455.4 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon HD 7870 XT	vs	GeForce RTX 4070
Nov 19th, 2012	Release Date	Apr 12th, 2023
Southern Islands	Generation	GeForce 40
$270	MSRP	$599
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 16-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
2 GB	Memory	12 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6X
256-bit	Bus	192-bit
192 GB/s	Bandwidth	504.2 GB/s
925 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1920 MHz
975 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2475 MHz
1500 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1313 MHz

PCs Using Radeon HD 7870 XT or GeForce RTX 4070

With selected game settings

ADMI Gaming PC Image

102 FPS

£11.67/FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

Ryzen 7 5700X

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,189.99

In Stock

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC Image

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC

106 FPS

£14.14/FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

Core i9-12900KF

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,499

In Stock

ADMI Gaming PC Image

104 FPS

£10.48/FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

Core i5-13400F

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,089.99

In Stock

GTR Gaming PC Image

106 FPS

£13.3/FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

Core i9-12900KF

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,409.99

In Stock

3XS Melius Gaming PC Image

3XS Melius Gaming PC

108 FPS

£18.06/FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

Ryzen 7 7800X3D

32 GB, 2 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,949.94

In Stock

Vibox VIII-30 Gaming PC Image

Vibox VIII-30 Gaming PC

102 FPS

£13.19/FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

Core i9-11900F

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,344.95

In Stock

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC Image

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC

102 FPS

£13.13/FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

Ryzen 7 5700X

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,339

In Stock

SCAN Argen Gaming PC Image

SCAN Argen Gaming PC

102 FPS

£10.78/FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

Ryzen 7 5700X

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,099.98

In Stock

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC Image

CYBERPOWERPC Luxe Gaming PC

104 FPS

£13.16/FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

Core i9-11900KF

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£1,369

In Stock

ionz Gaming PC Image

102 FPS

£10.69/FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

Ryzen 7 5700X

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

£1,089.95

In Stock

Radeon HD 7870 XT and GeForce RTX 4070 Popular Comparisons

Compare 2 Graphics Cards in Games

Radeon HD 7870 XT

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

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

£799.98

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 3060

£254.99

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

Radeon RX 7600 XT

£319.99

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 4060

£254.99

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

£1,305

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

Radeon RX 7800 XT

£469.99

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

£201.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

£147.42

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

£141.32

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

Radeon RX 7700 XT

£469.99

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

£89.99

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

£1,151.3

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce GT 1030

£68.99

Radeon HD 7870 XT

£70.62

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

£244.6

Radeon HD 7870 XT

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£334.78

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

£1,305

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 2060

£406.74

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

£147.42

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 4090

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce GT 1030

£68.99

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

£70.62

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

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£334.78

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 2060

£406.74

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 4090

Out of Stock

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£484.71

Radeon HD 7870 XT

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

£900

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

£359.99

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

£63.99

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

Radeon RX 6700 XT

£499

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

£409

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£484.71

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

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 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 3080

£899