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Radeon HD 7870 XT vs GeForce RTX 4090

Radeon HD 7870 XT vs GeForce RTX 4090: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4090

24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo
ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition Scheda Grafica, 24 GB GDDR6X 384-bit 21 Gbps PCIE 4.0, GPU Tweak III, TUF-RTX4090-O24G-OG-GAMING

Buy for 2,700.53 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4090

24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo
ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition Scheda Grafica, 24 GB GDDR6X 384-bit 21 Gbps PCIE 4.0, GPU Tweak III, TUF-RTX4090-O24G-OG-GAMING

Buy for 2,700.53 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 4090 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 4090 is 3592 days newer than Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Advantages of Radeon HD 7870 XT

  • Consumes up to 59% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 - 185 vs 450 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 4090

  • Performs up to 374% better in Monster Hunter: World than Radeon HD 7870 XT - 289 vs 61 FPS
  • Up to 1100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 24 vs 2 GB
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This is a free version of Monster Hunter: World.
Monster Hunter: World

Monster Hunter: World

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012


FPS

61

21%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo
GeForce RTX 4090

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022


FPS

289

100%

Value, €/FPS

€9.34/FPS

100%

Price, €

€2700.53

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition Scheda Grafica, 24 GB GDDR6X 384-bit 21 Gbps PCIE 4.0, GPU Tweak III, TUF-RTX4090-O24G-OG-GAMING

Buy for 2,700.53 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo
GeForce RTX 4090

Desktop • Sep 20th, 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

7%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo
GeForce RTX 4090

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

443.5 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

1290 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT Logo

Radeon HD 7870 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo

GeForce RTX 4090

Nov 19th, 2012Release Date
Sep 20th, 2022
Southern IslandsGenerationGeForce 40
$270
MSRP$1599
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 16-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2 GBMemory
24 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6X
256-bitBus384-bit
192 GB/sBandwidth
1008 GB/s
925 MHzBase Clock Speed
2235 MHz
975 MHzBoost Clock Speed
2520 MHz
1500 MHz
Memory Clock Speed1313 MHz

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