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Radeon HD 7870

Price and performance details for the Radeon HD 7870 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the videocard compared to the 10 other common videocards in terms of PassMark G3D Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

Radeon HD 7870

Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16

Max Memory Size: 2048 MB

Core Clock(s): 1000 MHz

Memory Clock(s): 1200 MHz

DirectX: 11.2

OpenGL: 4.4

Max TDP: 175 W

Videocard Category: Desktop

Other names: AMD Radeon HD 7870, ASUS HD7870 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7770, AMD Radeon HD 7870 (Tahiti LE)

Videocard First Benchmarked: 2012-06-05

G3DMark/Price: 25.94

Overall Rank:  564

Last Price Change:  $176 USD (2021-11-20)

Average G3D Mark
4565

Average G2D Mark: 585
Samples: 7869

Videocard Test Suite Average Results for Radeon HD 7870

DirectX 981 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1019 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1128 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1223 Frames/Sec
GPU Compute2020 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 14th of January 2026.

G3D Mark Distribution for Radeon HD 7870

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 27th of March 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of March 2025.

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Pricing History

G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 14th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,046
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,149
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,297
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,538
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,765
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,113
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,867
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,354
Radeon HD 7870
 		4,565
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 48.60
GeForce RTX 2060
 44.20
GeForce RTX 3070
 43.69
GeForce RTX 4060
 39.16
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 29.65
GeForce GTX 1650
 28.77
Radeon HD 7870
 		25.94
GeForce RTX 3080
 21.06
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 15.95
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for Radeon HD 7870
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL3203481 - Jan 10 2026
3974
BL3194396 - Jan 07 2026
4584
BL3185758 - Jan 04 2026
4710
BL3185672 - Jan 03 2026
4738
BL3185501 - Jan 03 2026
4336
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Popular comparisons for Radeon HD 7870
As of 14th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon HD 7870
 		4,565
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs Radeon HD 7870
 42,223 (+825.0%)
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon HD 7870
 40,902 (+796.0%)
RTX PRO 5000 72GB Blackwell vs Radeon HD 7870
 40,493 (+787.1%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon HD 7870
 38,830 (+750.6%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon HD 7870
 38,108 (+734.8%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon HD 7870
 36,434 (+698.1%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon HD 7870
 35,773 (+683.7%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon HD 7870
 34,442 (+654.5%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon HD 7870
 34,225 (+649.8%)
L40-48Q vs Radeon HD 7870
 33,270 (+628.8%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs Radeon HD 7870
 32,799 (+618.5%)
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