Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 970 outperforms Radeon HD 7870 XT on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 970 is 669 days newer than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Performs up to 14% better in New World than Radeon HD 7870 XT - 75 vs 66 FPS
- Consumes up to 20% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 148 vs 185 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 4 vs 2 GB
New World
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Radeon HD 7870 XT
Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
31.2 GPixel/s
47%
Texel Fillrate
93.6 GTexel/s
76%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT |
|---|---|---|
Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Nov 19th, 2012 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | Southern Islands |
| $329 | MSRP | $270 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 192 GB/s |
1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 975 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1500 MHz |
