Radeon HD 7870 vs GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

Place in performance ranking	199	376
Place by popularity	60	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	2.81
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	GN20-P0	Pitcairn XT
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	11 May 2021 (3 years ago)	5 March 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$412.83
Current price	no data	$200 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	1280
Core clock speed	1238 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	80.00

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile and Radeon HD 7870 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	153.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12_2	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 24.97
+108%

HD 7870 12.01

GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 7870 by 108% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 15725
+154%

HD 7870 6194

GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 7870 by 154% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 43216
+102%

HD 7870 21348

GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 7870 by 102% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	170−180 +102%	84 −102%
Full HD	61 −18%	72 +18%
1440p	40 +122%	18−20 −122%
4K	25 +108%	12−14 −108%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	58	no data
Battlefield 5	80−85	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	52	no data
Far Cry 5	55−60	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70	no data
Forza Horizon 4	100−110	no data
Hitman 3	57	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	118	no data
Metro Exodus	126	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	87	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	118	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	66	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	32	no data
Battlefield 5	80−85	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	41	no data
Far Cry 5	55−60	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70	no data
Forza Horizon 4	100−110	no data
Hitman 3	52	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100	no data
Metro Exodus	83	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	80	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	81	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	180	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	34	no data
Far Cry 5	55−60	no data
Forza Horizon 4	100−110	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	74	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	82	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	46	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	26	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	68	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	22	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	25	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	18	no data
Far Cry 5	49	no data
Forza Horizon 4	50−55	no data
Hitman 3	37	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	59	no data
Metro Exodus	52	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	56	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	19	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20	no data
Hitman 3	15	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	23	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	6	no data
Far Cry 5	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Metro Exodus	24−27	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

This is how RTX 3050 4GB Mobile and HD 7870 compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 102% faster in 900p
HD 7870 is 18% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 122% faster in 1440p
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 108% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	24.97	12.01
Recency	11 May 2021	5 March 2012
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	175 Watt