3D Rage vs Radeon HD 7870M

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking664not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.64no data
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code nameHeathrow XTMach64 GT
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date24 April 2012 (12 years ago)1 April 1996 (28 years ago)
Current price$338 $42

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores640no data
Core clock speed800 MHz44 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million5 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm500 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data
Texture fill rate32.000.04
Floating-point performance1,024 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7870M and 3D Rage 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCI
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeGDDR5EDO
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed4000 MHz57 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s456.0 MB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)5.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 April 2012 1 April 1996
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 500 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7870M and 3D Rage. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7870M is a notebook card while 3D Rage is a desktop one.


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