FirePro V7900 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V7900 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 V7900 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.
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Main Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 185 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7870 XT has 22% more power consumption, than FirePro V7900.
  • FirePro V7900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7870 XT uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 7870 XT have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 200 MHz higher, than FirePro V7900.
  • FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V7900 is 12 mm longer, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 1000 MHz higher, than FirePro V7900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 35−40
ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 24−27 60−65
medium / 1080p 14−16 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 XT in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than FirePro V7900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN 1.0
Code name Cayman Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 19 November 2012
Pipelines 1280 1536
Core clock speed 725 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 975 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 93.60
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 2,995 gflops
Length 279 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s 346 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.5 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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