FirePro S7150 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro S7150 and Radeon HD 7870 XT. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro S7150 and Radeon HD 7870 XT. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
FirePro S7150
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Main Specs

  FirePro S7150 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 185 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT has 23% more power consumption, than FirePro S7150.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro S7150 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S7150 is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 5 MHz higher, than FirePro S7150.
  • FirePro S7150 and Radeon HD 7870 XT are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT is 26 mm longer, than FirePro S7150.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 1000 MHz higher, than FirePro S7150.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
FirePro S7150 and Radeon HD 7870 XT have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro S7150 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Tonga Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 1 February 2016 19 November 2012
Pipelines 2048 1536
Core clock speed 920 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 975 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 117.8 93.60
Floating-point performance 3,763 gflops 2,995 gflops
Length 241 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 346 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.5 Mh/s