HD 7870 vs R9 M295X Mac Edition

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Combined performance score

R9 M295X Mac Edition
13.37
+11.8%

R9 M295X Mac Edition outperforms HD 7870 by 12% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking353371
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data2.70
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2017)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameAmethystPitcairn XT
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 November 2014 (9 years old)5 March 2012 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$412.83
Current priceno data$200 (0.5x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores20481280
Core clock speed850 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate108.880.00
Floating-point performance3,482 gflopsno data

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
WidthMXM Module2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5448 MHz4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth174.3 GB/s153.6 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinityno data+
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

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:

900p90−95
+7.1%
84
−7.1%
Full HD70−75
+6.1%
66
−6.1%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 13.37 11.96
Recency 23 November 2014 5 March 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 175 Watt

The Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7870 in performance tests.


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