FireStream 9370 vs Radeon HD 7870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FireStream 9370 and Radeon HD 7870. 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 FireStream 9370 and Radeon HD 7870. 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.

Main Specs

  FireStream 9370 Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort
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  • FireStream 9370 has 28% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • FireStream 9370 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FireStream 9370 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 175 MHz higher, than FireStream 9370.
  • FireStream 9370 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 200 MHz higher, than FireStream 9370.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 24−27
ultra / 1080p 7−8 14−16
QHD / 1440p 2−3 9−10
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 27−30 45−50
medium / 1080p 16−18 30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 92% more, than FireStream 9370.

Full Specs

  FireStream 9370 Radeon HD 7870
Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN
Code name Cypress Pitcairn XT
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 23 June 2010 5 March 2012
Pipelines 1600 1280
Core clock speed 825 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,154 million 2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 66.00
Floating-point performance 2,640.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 147.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.39 kh/s
Eyefinity +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.63 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16.6 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 145 Sol/s
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