Radeon HD 7870 vs Radeon Pro Duo

In this comparison between Radeon HD 7870 and Radeon Pro Duo you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Radeon HD 7870 will be the best choice, for others Radeon Pro Duo will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 7870 Radeon Pro Duo
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 350 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 3x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Pro Duo has 100% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • Radeon Pro Duo has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 7870 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon Pro Duo - with GCN 3.0.
  • Radeon HD 7870 and Radeon Pro Duo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 4300 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Duo.

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 Pro Duo in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon HD 7870.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7870 Radeon Pro Duo
Architecture GCN GCN 3.0
Code name Pitcairn XT Capsaicin
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 5 March 2012 26 April 2016
Pipelines 1280 4096
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 256.0
Floating-point performance 2x 8,192 gflops
Length 277 mm
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 6.0
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.39 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 809 Mh/s
Eyefinity + +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.63 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16.6 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 145 Sol/s
Compute units 128
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
Enduro +
FRTC +
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