Quadro 7000 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 7000 and Radeon HD 7870 XT. 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 Quadro 7000 and Radeon HD 7870 XT. 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.
Quadro 7000
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Main Specs

  Quadro 7000 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 185 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
 
  • Quadro 7000 has 10% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • Quadro 7000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7870 XT uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 7000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 7000 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 274 MHz higher, than Quadro 7000.
  • Quadro 7000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT is 19 mm longer, than Quadro 7000.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 2596 MHz higher, than Quadro 7000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 35−40
ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
4K / 2160p 4−5 10−11
low / 720p 35−40 60−65
medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 XT in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Quadro 7000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 7000 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GF110 Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 2 May 2012 19 November 2012
Pipelines 512 1536
Core clock speed 651 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 975 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 41.66 93.60
Floating-point performance 1,332 gflops 2,995 gflops
Length 248 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3404 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 163.4 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.0
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