Radeon HD 7870 VS GeForce GTX 660

Explore the complete details of Radeon HD 7870 VS GeForce GTX 660, including specs, performance benchmarks

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The Radeon HD 7870 GPU by AMD. features a GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) architecture. with 1280 CUDA cores. It offers GDDR5 memory with 2 GB GB capacity and a 256 Bit-bit interface. delivering a bandwidth of 153.6 GB/s GB/s. With a power consumption (TDP) of 175W. it supports DirectX 12 (11_1), Vulkan 1.2.131 for enhanced performance.

The Radeon HD 7870 GPU by AMD. features a GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) architecture. with 1280 CUDA cores. It offers GDDR5 memory with 2 GB GB capacity and a 256 Bit-bit interface. delivering a bandwidth of 153.6 GB/s GB/s. With a power consumption (TDP) of 175W. it supports DirectX 12 (11_1), Vulkan 1.2.131 for enhanced performance.

Benchmark Performance

Radeon HD 7870
10.92

GeForce GTX 660
10.08

General Information

Basic details about the Radeon HD 7870, including manufacturer, ranking, and release date.

Radeon HD 7870 Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 660 GeForce GTX 660
Manufacturer AMD NVIDIA
Ranking 436 472
Popularity Rank not in top-100 80
Architecture GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name Pitcairn GK106
Market Segmente Desktop Desktop
Length - Width 241 mm - 2-slot 241 mm - 2-slot
Release Date 5 March 2012 6 September 2012

Performance

Details on clock speeds, cores, and floating-point processing power of Radeon HD 7870 VS GeForce GTX 660.

Core Clock Speed 1000 MHz 980 MHz
Boost Clock Speed N/A 1033 MHz
Floating Point Processing Power 2.56 TFLOPS 1.981 TFLOPS
No of Transistors 2,800 million 2,540 million
CUDA Cores 1280 960
Ray Tracing Cores N/A N/A
Tensor Cores N/A N/A
Texture Fill Rate 80.00 82.56
ROPs 32 24

Performance Score Comparison

Connectivity & API Support

Available display connectors and API compatibility for enhanced performance.

Radeon HD 7870 Radeon HD 7870 GeForce GTX 660 GeForce GTX 660
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
HDMI 1 1
DirectX 12 (11_1) N/A
Shader Model 5.1 N/A
OpenGL 4.6 N/A
OpenCL 1.2 N/A
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA N/A N/A
DLSS N/A N/A
TMUs 80 80

Memory & Bus

Information on memory type, capacity, and bandwidth to evaluate data processing power.

Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM 2 GB 2 GB
Memory Bus Width 256 Bit 192-bit GDDR5
Memory Clock Speed 1200 MHz 6.0 GB/s
Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s GB/s 144.2 GB/s GB/s
Resizable BAR N/A N/A

Power & Efficiency

Power consumption, efficiency, and additional power requirements.

Power Consumption (TDP) 175 W 140 W
Power Efficiency 4.65 5.09
Manufacturing Process 28 nm 28 nm
Supplementary Power Connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

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