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Radeon HD 7870 XT vs Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Radeon HD 7870 XT vs Radeon RX 7900 XTX: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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Radeon RX 7900 XTX

24 GB GDDR6 | 384-bit

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Logo
Sapphire 11322-02-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming Graphics Card with 24GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 3, Output: 2 x HDMI, 2 x DisplayPort

Buy for £868.27 on Amazon

In Stock

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Radeon RX 7900 XTX

24 GB GDDR6 | 384-bit

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Logo
Sapphire 11322-02-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming Graphics Card with 24GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 3, Output: 2 x HDMI, 2 x DisplayPort

Buy for £868.27 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 5 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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 7900 XTX is 3636 days newer than Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Advantages of Radeon HD 7870 XT

  • Consumes up to 48% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX - 185 vs 355 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 7900 XTX

  • Performs up to 134% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Radeon HD 7870 XT - 734 vs 314 FPS
  • Up to 1100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 24 vs 2 GB
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012


FPS

314

43%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Logo
Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Desktop • Nov 3rd, 2022


FPS

734

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.18/FPS

100%

Price, £

£868.27

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Sapphire 11322-02-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming Graphics Card with 24GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 3, Output: 2 x HDMI, 2 x DisplayPort

Buy for £868.27 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 5 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 7900 XTX Logo
Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Desktop • Nov 3rd, 2022

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012


Pixel Fillrate

31.2 GPixel/s

7%

Texel Fillrate

93.6 GTexel/s

10%

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Logo
Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Desktop • Nov 3rd, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

479.8 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

959.6 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo

Radeon HD 7870 XT

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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Logo

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Nov 19th, 2012Release Date
Nov 3rd, 2022
Southern IslandsGenerationNavi III
$270
MSRP$999
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
2x 6-pinPower Connectors2x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2 GBMemory
24 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus384-bit
192 GB/sBandwidth
960 GB/s
925 MHzBase Clock Speed
1855 MHz
975 MHzBoost Clock Speed
2499 MHz
1500 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2500 MHz

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