Radeon HD 7870 and GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon HD 7870 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Radeon HD 7870
4779
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
14795
Radeon HD 7870
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Pitcairn XT
GN20-E5 GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2012
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
-
Boost clock speed
-
1290 - 1620 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
780 - 1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
2800 Million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
5120
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
125 Watt
Texture fill rate
80.00
287.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
320.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (11_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.5
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2