FirePro S10000 vs Radeon HD 7870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro S10000 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 FirePro S10000 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

  FirePro S10000 Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP) 750 Watt 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro S10000 has 328% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • FirePro S10000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro S10000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 175 MHz higher, than FirePro S10000.
  • FirePro S10000 and Radeon HD 7870 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S10000 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 24−27
ultra / 1080p 21−24 14−16
QHD / 1440p 16−18 9−10
4K / 2160p 10−11 6−7
low / 720p 60−65 45−50
medium / 1080p 40−45 30−33
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S10000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 45% more, than Radeon HD 7870.

Full Specs

  FirePro S10000 Radeon HD 7870
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Tahiti Pitcairn XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 12 November 2012 5 March 2012
Pipelines 4096 1280
Core clock speed 825 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock 950 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 106.4
Floating-point performance 2x 3,405 gflops
Length 305 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 480 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.39 kh/s
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 383 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.63 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16.6 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 145 Sol/s
Form factor full height / full length
Dual-link DVI support +
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