Radeon HD 7870 XT vs Radeon R7 A360

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 7870 XT and Radeon R7 A360. 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 Radeon HD 7870 XT and Radeon R7 A360. 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.
Radeon HD 7870 XT
Radeon R7 A360

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 7870 XT Radeon R7 A360
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
 
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon R7 A360 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 A360.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 A360 - with GCN 3.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A360.
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT and Radeon R7 A360 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 5997 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A360.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 0−1
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 1−2
medium / 1080p 40−45 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 XT in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than Radeon R7 A360.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7870 XT Radeon R7 A360
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Tahiti Meso
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 19 November 2012 5 May 2015
Pipelines 1536 384
Core clock speed 925 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 975 MHz 980 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 93.60 23.52
Floating-point performance 2,995 gflops 864.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 3.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s 57.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2
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