NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

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Combined performance score

HD 7870 XT
11.53

GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q outperforms Radeon HD 7870 XT by 213% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking377125
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.7744.66
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameTahitiN18E-G2R
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 November 2012 (11 years old)2 April 2020 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$270 no data
Current price$133 (0.5x MSRP)$812
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2070 Super Max-Q has 1085% better value for money than HD 7870 XT.

Technical specs

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 cores15362560
Core clock speed925 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHz1155 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate93.60184.8
Floating-point performance2,995 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7870 XT and GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz11000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s352.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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-DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data
G-SYNC supportno data+

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.140
CUDAno data7.5

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.

HD 7870 XT 11.53
RTX 2070 Super Max-Q 36.07
+213%

GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q outperforms Radeon HD 7870 XT by 213% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 7870 XT 4469
RTX 2070 Super Max-Q 13977
+213%

GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q outperforms Radeon HD 7870 XT by 213% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 7870 XT 6390
RTX 2070 Super Max-Q 20873
+227%

GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q outperforms Radeon HD 7870 XT by 227% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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:

Full HD30−35
−253%
106
+253%
1440p21−24
−248%
73
+248%
4K14−16
−236%
47
+236%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 11.53 36.07
Recency 19 November 2012 2 April 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 80 Watt

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7870 XT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7870 XT is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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