Radeon VII and Radeon HD 7870 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon VII vs Radeon HD 7870
Radeon VII
17191
Radeon HD 7870
4779
Radeon VII
Radeon HD 7870
Architecture
Vega (2017−2021)
GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name
Vega 20
Pitcairn XT
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
February 2019
March 2012
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
2x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1750 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1400 MHz
1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
13,230 million
2800 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
175 Watt
Texture fill rate
420.0
80.00
Memory type
HBM2
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
4096 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
1024 GB/s
153.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity
-
+
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_1)
OpenCL
2.0
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2.131