FirePro D300 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7870 XT with FirePro D300, including specs and performance data.

HD 7870 XT
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 185 Watt
11.58
+13.6%

HD 7870 XT outperforms D300 by a moderate 14% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking407439
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.48no data
Power efficiency4.524.90
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameTahitiPitcairn
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date19 November 2012 (11 years ago)18 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$270 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15361280
Core clock speed925 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate93.6068.00
Floating-point processing power2.995 TFLOPS2.176 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs9680

Form factor & compatibility

Information on 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm242 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1270 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s162.6 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort4x DisplayPort
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.58 10.19
Recency 19 November 2012 18 January 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 150 Watt

HD 7870 XT has a 13.6% higher aggregate performance score.

FirePro D300, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 23.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 7870 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D300 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7870 XT is a desktop card while FirePro D300 is a workstation one.


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