Radeon HD 7870 and GP106B - video card comparison

Radeon HD 7870

GP106B

Architecture

GCN (2011−2017)

Pascal (2016−2021)

GPU code name

Pitcairn XT

GP106B

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

March 2012

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Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

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Supplementary power connectors

2x 6-pin

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Core clock speed

1000 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

28 nm

16 nm

Number of transistors

2800 Million

4,400 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

1280

1280

Power consumption (TDP)

175 Watt

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Texture fill rate

80.00

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Memory type

GDDR5

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Maximum RAM amount

2 GB

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Memory bus width

256 Bit

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Memory clock speed

4800 MHz

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Memory bandwidth

153.6 GB/s

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Shared memory

-

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Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

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Eyefinity

+

-

HDMI

+

-

DirectX

12 (11_1)

12 (12_1)

CUDA

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6.1

OpenCL

1.2

1.2

OpenGL

4.6

4.6

Shader Model

5.1

6.4

Vulkan

1.2.131

1.2

PureVideo HD

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VP8