Radeon RX 7600 XT vs HD 8870M

Place in performance ranking	641	70
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.74	29.26
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	RDNA 3.0 (2022)
GPU code name	Venus	Navi 33
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	18 December 2012 (11 years ago)	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$329
Current price	$338	$477 (1.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7600 XT has 3854% better value for money than HD 8870M.

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	640	2048
Core clock speed	725 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	775 MHz	2755 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	190 Watt
Texture fill rate	31.00	352.6
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8870M and Radeon RX 7600 XT 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 size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	204 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	GDDR5, DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	288.0 GB/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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

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 8870M 4.23

RX 7600 XT 44.93
+962%

RX 7600 XT outperforms HD 8870M by 962% 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 8870M 1638

RX 7600 XT 17385
+961%

RX 7600 XT outperforms HD 8870M by 961% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	42 −852%	400−450 +852%
Full HD	33 −961%	350−400 +961%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−900%

70−75
+900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −900%	120−130 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −900%	150−160 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −900%	130−140 +900%
Hitman 3	9−10 −956%	95−100 +956%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −900%	110−120 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −900%	120−130 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −900%	150−160 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −900%	130−140 +900%
Hitman 3	9−10 −956%	95−100 +956%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −900%	60−65 +900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −900%	110−120 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −956%	95−100 +956%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −900%	120−130 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −900%	130−140 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −956%	95−100 +956%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
Hitman 3	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −900%	100−105 +900%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Hitman 3	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −900%	70−75 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%