Radeon HD 7870 vs Radeon R9 Fury

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 7870 and Radeon R9 Fury, 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 R9 Fury, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 7870 Check Price

Radeon R9 Fury Check Price

Main Specs

	Radeon HD 7870	Radeon R9 Fury
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	275 Watt
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type	GDDR5	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Display Connectors		1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
	Check Price	Check Price

Radeon R9 Fury has 57% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7870.
Radeon R9 Fury has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
Radeon HD 7870 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon R9 Fury - with GCN 1.2.
Radeon HD 7870 and Radeon R9 Fury are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 4300 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 Fury.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	24−27	50−55
ultra / 1080p	14−16	30−35
QHD / 1440p	9−10	27−30
4K / 2160p	6−7	14−16
low / 720p	45−50	75−80
medium / 1080p	30−33	60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
high / 1080p	35−40	75−80
ultra / 1080p	30−35	70−75
QHD / 1440p	16−18	55−60
4K / 2160p	10−11	27−30
low / 720p	75−80	130−140
medium / 1080p	40−45	85−90
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Battlefield 5 is 111% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
low / 768p	50−55	45−50
QHD / 1440p	0−1	−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Radeon R9 Fury.
low / 768p	240−250	250−260
medium / 768p	210−220	230−240
ultra / 1080p	130−140	−
QHD / 1440p	100−110	150−160
4K / 2160p	60−65	100−110
high / 768p	180−190	220−230
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 20% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
low / 768p	60−65	70−75
medium / 1080p	55−60	50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Cyberpunk 2077 is 3% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
low / 768p	120−130	120−130
medium / 768p	110−120	110−120
ultra / 1080p	85−90	110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Dota 2 is 8% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
high / 1080p	30−33	65−70
ultra / 1080p	27−30	60−65
QHD / 1440p	21−24	40−45
4K / 2160p	9−10	21−24
low / 720p	60−65	100−110
medium / 1080p	30−35	65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Far Cry 5 is 96% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
high / 1080p	35−40	90−95
ultra / 1080p	30−33	70−75
QHD / 1440p	18−20	45−50
4K / 2160p	−	21−24
low / 720p	130−140	220−230
medium / 1080p	80−85	140−150
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Fortnite is 90% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
high / 1080p	40−45	85−90
ultra / 1080p	30−33	65−70
QHD / 1440p	18−20	50−55
4K / 2160p	14−16	30−35
low / 720p	75−80	130−140
medium / 1080p	45−50	90−95
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Forza Horizon 4 is 102% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
low / 768p	110−120	160−170
medium / 768p	100−110	150−160
high / 1080p	45−50	95−100
ultra / 1080p	20−22	45−50
QHD / 1440p	10−11	40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Grand Theft Auto V is 71% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
high / 1080p	14−16	35−40
ultra / 1080p	12−14	30−35
QHD / 1440p	10−12	24−27
4K / 2160p	4−5	14−16
low / 720p	45−50	95−100
medium / 1080p	21−24	50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Metro Exodus is 138% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
low / 768p	120−130	120−130
medium / 1080p	110−120	−
Radeon HD 7870 and Radeon R9 Fury have the same average FPS in Minecraft.
high / 1080p	−	75−80
ultra / 1080p	14−16	55−60
4K / 2160p	−	18−20
low / 720p	75−80	120−130
medium / 1080p	18−20	85−90
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 143% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
high / 1080p	16−18	35−40
ultra / 1080p	10−12	24−27
QHD / 1440p	4−5	16−18
4K / 2160p	2−3	10−12
low / 720p	45−50	95−100
medium / 1080p	24−27	55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 127% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
low / 768p	85−90	180−190
medium / 768p	50−55	120−130
high / 1080p	30−33	70−75
ultra / 1080p	16−18	40−45
4K / 2160p	10−11	24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 130% more, than Radeon HD 7870.
low / 768p	90−95	120−130
medium / 768p	60−65	−
ultra / 1080p	45−50	65−70
high / 768p	55−60	−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in World of Tanks is 37% more, than Radeon HD 7870.

Full Specs

	Radeon HD 7870	Radeon R9 Fury
Architecture	GCN	GCN 1.2
Code name	Pitcairn XT	Fiji
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	5 March 2012	16 June 2015
Pipelines	1280	3584
Core clock speed	1000 MHz
Boost Clock		1000 MHz
Transistor count	2800 Million	8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate		224.0
Floating-point performance		7,168 gflops
Memory bus width	256 Bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth		512 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
DirectX	DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
Shader Model		6.3
OpenGL		4.5
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan		+
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight)	0.39 kh/s
FreeSync		+
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
HDMI		+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)		800 Mh/s
Eyefinity	+	+
HD3D		+
PowerTune		+
TrueAudio		+
Mantle		+
Bridgeless CrossFire		+
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
DisplayPort support		+
CrossFire		+
VCE		+
DDMA audio		+
Decred / DCR (Decred)	0.63 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)	16.6 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)	145 Sol/s
Compute units		56
AppAcceleration		+
High bandwidth memory (HBM)		+
LiquidVR		+
TressFX		+
UVD		+
FRTC		+
	Check Price	Check Price

Radeon HD 7870 vs Radeon R9 Fury

Main Specs

Game benchmarks

Full Specs

Similar compares