Radeon RX Vega Nano vs HD 7870

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking466not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.56no data
Power efficiency4.80no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code namePitcairnVega 10
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 March 2012 (14 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12804096
Core clock speed1000 MHz1200 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1546 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate80.00395.8
Floating-point processing power2.56 TFLOPSno data
ROPs3264
TMUs80256
L1 Cache320 KBno data
L2 Cache512 KBno data

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
Length241 mm152 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1600 MBps
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s409.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

RX Vega Nano has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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