Radeon HD 7870 and HD Graphics 5500 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon HD 7870 vs HD Graphics 5500
Radeon HD 7870
4779
HD Graphics 5500
598
Radeon HD 7870
HD Graphics 5500
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Gen. 8 Broadwell (2014−2015)
GPU code name
Pitcairn XT
Broadwell GT2
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2012
January 2015
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
-
Boost clock speed
-
950 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
2800 Million
1,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
24
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
15 Watt
Texture fill rate
80.00
22.80
Memory type
GDDR5
System Shared
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
System Shared
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
System Shared
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
+
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
No outputs
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (11_1)
12 (11_1)
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.4
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.1.80