Radeon HD 7870 and GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 - video card comparison
Radeon HD 7870
GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
Pitcairn XT
GK110B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2012
September 2013
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
-
902 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
863 MHz
Floating-point performance
-
4,156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2800 Million
7,080 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
2304
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
250 Watt
Texture fill rate
80.00
173.2
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
288.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (11_1)
12 (11_1)
CUDA
-
3.5
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.1.126