Radeon HD 7870 vs Radeon Pro SSG

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 7870 and Radeon Pro SSG, 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 Radeon HD 7870 stacks up against Radeon Pro SSG, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 7870 Radeon Pro SSG
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 350 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Pro SSG has 100% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • Radeon Pro SSG has 14 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 7870 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon Pro SSG - with GCN 5.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Pro SSG is 440 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • Radeon HD 7870 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro SSG - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 2910 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro SSG.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 24−27 50−55
ultra / 1080p 14−16 35−40
QHD / 1440p 9−10 27−30
4K / 2160p 6−7 16−18
low / 720p 45−50 80−85
medium / 1080p 30−33 60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro SSG in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 109% more, than Radeon HD 7870.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7870 Radeon Pro SSG
Architecture GCN GCN 5.0
Code name Pitcairn XT Vega 10
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 5 March 2012 8 August 2017
Pipelines 1280 4096
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost Clock 1500 MHz
Transistor count 2800 Million 12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 384.0
Floating-point performance 12,288 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1890 MHz
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.125
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.39 kh/s
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Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.63 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16.6 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 145 Sol/s
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