AMD Radeon E8870: specs and benchmarks
- Interface MXM-B (3.0)
- Core clock speed 1000 MHz
- Max video memory 4 GB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 6000 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
AMD started Radeon E8870 sales 29 September 2015. This is a GCN 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 6 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via MXM-B (3.0) interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 75 Watt.
We have no data on Radeon E8870 benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon E8870: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance rating | not rated | |
Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | |
GPU code name | Saturn | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 29 September 2015 (7 years old) |
Technical specs
Radeon E8870's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon E8870's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 768 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 2,080 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 75 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 48.00 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Floating-point performance | 1,536 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on Radeon E8870's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | |
Width | MXM Module | |
Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon E8870: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | GDDR5 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon E8870. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon E8870, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 (12_0) | |
Shader Model | 6.3 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
Vulkan | 1.2.131 |
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon E8870 from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 580.
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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