Radeon HD 7870 and PlayStation 4 GPU - video card comparison
Radeon HD 7870
PlayStation 4 GPU
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name
Pitcairn XT
Liverpool
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2012
November 2013
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
IGP
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
800 MHz
Floating-point performance
-
1,843 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2800 Million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1152
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
80.00
57.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
5500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
176.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
No outputs
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (11_1)
11.1*
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.1