AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT vs AMD Radeon HD 7950
            AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
            
                $270
            
        
    
            AMD Radeon HD 7950
            
                $450
            
        
    | 1536 Shaders 2GB GDDR5 975MHz | 1792 Shaders 3GB GDDR5 800MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 3 TFLOPS FP32 | Peak AI Performance 2.87 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| FP32 3 TFLOPS | FP32 2.87 TFLOPS | 
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| Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | 
| TDP 185W | TDP 200W | 
| Power Connectors 2x 6-Pin - - - | Power Connectors 2x 6-Pin - - - | 
| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | |
| GB6 Metal N/A 0% | 
                                            
                                                GB6 Metal 35,305
                                            
                                             14% | 
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Metal N/A 0% | GB5 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | 
| OCT Metal N/A 0% | OCT Metal N/A 0% | 
| Peak AI
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                                            3 TFLOPS
                                         
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                                            2.87 TFLOPS
                                         
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| Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            31.2 GPixel/s
                                         | Pixel
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                                            25.6 GPixel/s
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| Texture
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                                            93.6 GTexel/s
                                         | Texture
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                                            89.6 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerAMD | ManufacturerAMD | 
| Chip DesignerAMD | Chip DesignerAMD | 
| ArchitectureGCN 1 | ArchitectureGCN 1 | 
| FamilyRadeon HD 7000 | FamilyRadeon HD 7000 | 
| Codename Tahiti - Variant Tahiti LE | Codename Tahiti - Variant Tahiti Pro | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 11/19/2012 | Release Date 1/31/2012 | 
| Foundry TSMC - | Foundry TSMC - | 
| Fabrication Node 28nm - | Fabrication Node 28nm - | 
| Die Size 352 mm² - | Die Size 352 mm² - | 
| Transistor Count 4.3 Billion - | Transistor Count 4.3 Billion - | 
| Transistor Density 12.25M/mm² - | Transistor Density 12.25M/mm² - | 
| Form PCIe Card | Form PCIe Card | 
| Shading Units 1536 Shaders - | Shading Units 1792 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 96 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 112 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 32 ROPs | Render Output Units 32 ROPs | 
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| Compute Units 24 CUs | Compute Units 28 CUs | 
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| - - 925MHz Base 975MHz | - - - 800MHz | 
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| L1 - - 16KB/CU - | L1 - - 16KB/CU - | 
| L2 768KB Shared | L2 768KB Shared | 
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| 2GB GDDR5 - | 3GB GDDR5 - | 
| Bus Width 256Bit | Bus Width 384Bit | 
| Clock 1500MHz Transfer Rate 6GT/s Bandwidth 192GB/s | Clock 1250MHz Transfer Rate 5GT/s Bandwidth 240GB/s | 
| - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - | 
| TDP 185W | TDP 200W | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - - - - - - - 1x DVI-I Dual-Link - - - - - - 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 1.4 - - - - | - - - - - - - - 1x DVI-I Dual-Link - - - - - - 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 1.4 - - - - | 
| Max Resolution 4096x2160 | Max Resolution 4096x2160 | 
| Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate - - - | Variable Refresh Rate - - - | 
| Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | 
| Multi Monitor Support 3 | Multi Monitor Support 3 | 
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| Model VCE 1.0 | Model VCE 1.0 | 
| Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | 
| Model UVD 4.0 | Model UVD 3.2 | 
| Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 - VC-1 - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 - VC-1 - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | 
| Direct X 12 Direct 3D 11_1 | Direct X 12 Direct 3D 11_1 | 
| OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.1 Vulkan 1.2 | OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.1 Vulkan 1.2 | 
| Shader Model 6.5 - - GFX 6 - - - - | Shader Model 6.5 - - GFX 6 - - - - | 
| - - - 1x Fan | - - - 1x Fan | 
| Power Connectors - - 2x 6-Pin - - - - | Power Connectors - - 2x 6-Pin - - - - | 
| Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 3.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 3.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | 
| Multi GPU Support Supported Type 2-way CrossFireX | Multi GPU Support Supported Type 4-way CrossFireX | 
| Height 111 mm (4.37 in) Width 241 mm (9.49 in) Depth 37 mm (1.46 in) | Height 111 mm (4.37 in) Width 275 mm (10.83 in) Depth 38 mm (1.5 in) | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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