ATI Radeon X1900 XTX vs HD 7870
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 403 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.00 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 4.79 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | R500 (2005−2007) |
| GPU code name | Pitcairn | R580 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 March 2012 (12 years ago) | 24 January 2006 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | $399 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 1280 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 384 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 135 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 80.00 | 10.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.56 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | 16 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 242 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 775 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 49.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 (full) 3.0 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 March 2012 | 24 January 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 135 Watt |
HD 7870 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
ATI X1900 XTX, on the other hand, has 29.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7870 and Radeon X1900 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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