FirePro V7900 vs Radeon HD 7870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 7870, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro V7900 stacks up against Radeon HD 7870, check out specs charts below.

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Main Specs

	FirePro V7900	Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP)	151 Watt	175 Watt
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort
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Radeon HD 7870 has 15% more power consumption, than FirePro V7900.
FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 7870 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 - with GCN.
Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 275 MHz higher, than FirePro V7900.
FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870 - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	10−12	24−27
ultra / 1080p	6−7	14−16
QHD / 1440p	1−2	9−10
4K / 2160p	−	6−7
low / 720p	24−27	45−50
medium / 1080p	14−16	30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 127% more, than FirePro V7900.
high / 1080p	18−20	35−40
ultra / 1080p	14−16	30−35
QHD / 1440p	1−2	16−18
4K / 2160p	−	10−11
low / 720p	35−40	75−80
medium / 1080p	20−22	40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Battlefield 5 is 127% more, than FirePro V7900.
low / 768p	45−50	50−55
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than FirePro V7900.
low / 768p	180−190	240−250
medium / 768p	150−160	210−220
ultra / 1080p	75−80	130−140
QHD / 1440p	45−50	100−110
4K / 2160p	30−33	60−65
high / 768p	110−120	180−190
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 55% more, than FirePro V7900.
low / 768p	55−60	60−65
ultra / 1080p	30−33	−
medium / 1080p	45−50	55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than FirePro V7900.
low / 768p	95−100	120−130
medium / 768p	80−85	110−120
ultra / 1080p	50−55	85−90
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Dota 2 is 41% more, than FirePro V7900.
high / 1080p	12−14	30−33
ultra / 1080p	12−14	27−30
QHD / 1440p	−	21−24
4K / 2160p	5−6	9−10
low / 720p	30−33	60−65
medium / 1080p	14−16	30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Far Cry 5 is 113% more, than FirePro V7900.
high / 1080p	20−22	35−40
ultra / 1080p	14−16	30−33
QHD / 1440p	−	18−20
low / 720p	80−85	130−140
medium / 1080p	35−40	80−85
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Fortnite is 82% more, than FirePro V7900.
high / 1080p	18−20	40−45
ultra / 1080p	14−16	30−33
QHD / 1440p	5−6	18−20
4K / 2160p	−	14−16
low / 720p	40−45	75−80
medium / 1080p	21−24	45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Forza Horizon 4 is 115% more, than FirePro V7900.
low / 768p	70−75	110−120
medium / 768p	60−65	100−110
high / 1080p	21−24	45−50
ultra / 1080p	9−10	20−22
QHD / 1440p	0−1	10−11
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Grand Theft Auto V is 75% more, than FirePro V7900.
high / 1080p	7−8	14−16
ultra / 1080p	5−6	12−14
QHD / 1440p	−	10−12
4K / 2160p	1−2	4−5
low / 720p	21−24	45−50
medium / 1080p	9−10	21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Metro Exodus is 122% more, than FirePro V7900.
low / 768p	100−110	120−130
ultra / 1080p	90−95	−
medium / 1080p	100−105	110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Minecraft is 16% more, than FirePro V7900.
high / 1080p	20−22	−
ultra / 1080p	16−18	14−16
low / 720p	45−50	75−80
medium / 1080p	21−24	18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 27% more, than FirePro V7900.
high / 1080p	12−14	16−18
ultra / 1080p	8−9	10−12
QHD / 1440p	0−1	4−5
4K / 2160p	−	2−3
low / 720p	21−24	45−50
medium / 1080p	12−14	24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 78% more, than FirePro V7900.
low / 768p	40−45	85−90
medium / 768p	24−27	50−55
high / 1080p	14−16	30−33
ultra / 1080p	8−9	16−18
4K / 2160p	7−8	10−11
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 105% more, than FirePro V7900.
low / 768p	95−100	90−95
medium / 768p	55−60	60−65
ultra / 1080p	27−30	45−50
high / 768p	45−50	55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in World of Tanks is 14% more, than FirePro V7900.

Full Specs

	FirePro V7900	Radeon HD 7870
Architecture	TeraScale 3	GCN
Code name	Cayman	Pitcairn XT
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	24 May 2011	5 March 2012
Pipelines	1280	1280
Core clock speed	725 MHz	1000 MHz
Transistor count	2,640 million	2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	58.00
Floating-point performance	1,856.0 gflops
Length	279 mm
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 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
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)	171 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
StereoOutput3D	+
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support	+
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FirePro V7900 vs Radeon HD 7870

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