Radeon Sky 500 vs HD 7870 XT

Place in performance ranking	378	368
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	3.80	4.47
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Pitcairn
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	19 November 2012 (11 years old)	27 March 2013 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$270	no data
Current price	$133 (0.5x MSRP)	$129

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Sky 500 has 18% 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 cores	1536	1280
Core clock speed	925 MHz	950 MHz
Boost clock speed	975 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,313 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	93.60	76.00
Floating-point performance	2,995 gflops	2,432 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	242 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Form factor	no data	full height / full length
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	154 GB/s

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort count	no data	1
Dual-link DVI support	no data	1

API support

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

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

HD 7870 XT 11.54

Sky 500 12.30
+6.6%

Sky 500 outperforms HD 7870 XT by 7% based on our aggregated 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

Sky 500 4763
+6.6%

Sky 500 outperforms HD 7870 XT by 7% in Passmark.