Radeon Pro W5300M vs HD 7870 XT

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	382	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.93	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Navi 14
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	19 November 2012 (11 years ago)	13 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$270	no data
Current price	$133 (0.5x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1536	1280
Core clock speed	925 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	975 MHz	1250 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	85 Watt
Texture fill rate	93.60	100.0
Floating-point performance	2,995 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7870 XT and Radeon Pro W5300M 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.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	192.0 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 November 2012	13 November 2019
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	85 Watt

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