AMD Radeon HD 7870
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
AMD Radeon HD 7870
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon HD 7870  vs  AMD Radeon 540X.

269
Place in performance rating
558
35.89
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Pitcairn XT
Code name
Lexa
Desktop
Type
Laptop
5 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$412.83
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$406 (1x MSRP)
Price now
$421
4.82
Value for money
3.25
Pitcairn XT
GPU code name
Lexa
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 7870  vs  AMD Radeon 540X in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1280
Pipelines
512
1000 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
no data
Boost Clock
1046 MHz
2800 Million
Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
175 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
80.00
Texture fill rate
33.47
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
no data
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
2800 Million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
175 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 7870 and AMD Radeon 540X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
241 mm
Length
no data
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7870 vs AMD Radeon 540X.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
4800 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
153.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7870 vs AMD Radeon 540X.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
CrossFire
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 7870 and AMD Radeon 540X is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
DirectX
12 (12_0)
no data
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7870 and AMD Radeon 540X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 7870 or AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870

15.11% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($406 (1x MSRP) vs $421)

More pipelines (1280 vs 512)

More memory bandwidth (153.6 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 175 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon HD 7870 or AMD Radeon 540X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7870 .

AMD Radeon HD 7870 versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Unigine Heaven 4.0

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3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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15167 (100 %)

3DMark Fire Strike Score

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2435 (100 %)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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2779 (100 %)

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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11545 (54 %)

Unigine Heaven 3.0

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Passmark

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User rating

3.9 Out of 92 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 157 Hitesti Score