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HD 7870

Average Bench: 25.9% (183rd of 714)

Based on 42,130 user benchmarks.  Devices: 1002 6818, 1002 679E Models: AMD Radeon HD 7800, ASUS HD7870, AMD Radeon HD 7870
Poor: 24%Average: 25.9% Great: 28%

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Very poor average bench

The AMD HD 7870 averaged 74.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 33.6fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 24.7fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD HD 7870 is just 4.21%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD HD 7870 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 34.4fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 43.6fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 42,130 samples)
Rank 18325.9%
Min Avg Max
30.5 Lighting 33.6 37.1
23.9 Reflection 34.4 38.1
39.4 Parallax 43.6 49.5
27.3% 37.2 fps
Min Avg Max
27.5 MRender 29.5 31.9
30.1 Gravity 32.3 36.3
22.8 Splatting 24.7 27
23.2% 28.9 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
30% Below average
Lighting 39.9
Reflection 38.7
Parallax 47.8
32% 42.1 fps
MRender 32.1
Gravity 34.8
Splatting 27
25% 31.3 fps
MSI(1462 2740) 2GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
27.4% Poor
Lighting 35.6
Reflection 37.3
Parallax 45.5
29% 39.5 fps
MRender 31.1
Gravity 33.3
Splatting 26
24% 30.1 fps
PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
26.2% Poor
Lighting 34
Reflection 35.6
Parallax 43.2
28% 37.6 fps
MRender 29.9
Gravity 31.7
Splatting 24.7
23% 28.8 fps
Asus(1043 0432) 2GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
25.7% Poor
Lighting 33.2
Reflection 6.7
Parallax 47.7
27% 29.2 fps
MRender 29.5
Gravity 31.5
Splatting 24.5
23% 28.5 fps
Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
23.2% Poor
Lighting 29
Reflection 35.4
Parallax 40.1
24% 34.8 fps
MRender 29.6
Gravity 29.1
Splatting 24.6
22% 27.8 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $203 @ launch in Feb '12)
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Sapphire(174B E241) 14% 26% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 2554) 11% 27% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E217) 10% 26% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0432) 10% 25% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2321) 6% 25% ± 1%
MSI(1462 2740) 6% 26% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3255) 6% 27% ± 3%
Asus(1043 042A) 5% 25% ± 1%
XFX(1682 3250) 5% 25% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 5% 26% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E246) 5% 28% ± 1%
AMD(1002 0B04) 4% 25% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2328) 3% 26% ± 2%
XFX(1682 3251) 3% 25% ± 1%
Asus(1043 042F) 3% 26% ± 1%
Device(0000 0000) 1% 28% ± 0%
XFX(1682 3252) 1% 26% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2810) 1% 28% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 2321) 1% 25% ± 1%
Diamond(1092 7870) 0% 25% ± 0%
Diamond(1092 2321) 0% 27% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E224) 0% 25% ± 1%
Device(1545 7870) 0% 26% ± 0%
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Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation 19%
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System: Dell XPS 8500

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,666x
Core i5-3450Intel  $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples144x
Core i5-3350PIntel  $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples139x
GPU
HD 7870AMD  $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples1x
SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples58x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples55x
RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples154x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples80x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 58%, 1,608 samples76x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $500

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GPUPro
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1,637

Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 10 years ago.
USA-User
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9,840

Liked (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

ROU-User
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4,615

Excellent

14 months ago.

It runs 2017 games on High - Ultra.

ITA-User
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4,069

Good

2 years ago.

for being a 2012 GPU it gets really good framerate, obliviously you can't play AAA games but it's still good

ARG-User
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3,228

Good

3 years ago.

still rockin in 2019, such an amazing card.

SRB-User
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2,780

Good

2 years ago.

This gpu is beast even in 2020!

FIN-User
Avatar level
2,544

Excellent

17 months ago.

i use it everyday but its slow

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
314

Average

4 years ago.

Compared to other cards from its time, it was the best in OEM PCs.

Sabura
Avatar level
52

Excellent

6 years ago.

For a today price it is still a pretty competitive card with excellent power. After I overclocked on core 1325 and memory 1430 it can beat new cards from AMD like 460, 550, 560 and even get close to 470 and 570. Got score at 61.7%.

alphaLONE
Avatar level
36

Excellent

7 years ago.

Bought a ref design one to put in my little sister's computer for around 50 EUR. This card is perfectly fine on stock clocks, but god can it overclock! core at 1285 and mem at 1450 and it chugs along fine! it gets a 60% score on here, purely insane.

jetjix
Avatar level
12

Poor

4 years ago.

Although fairly decent at the time it came out, nowadays it's completely obsolete, and if you are trying to get a used one for a budget build, it's better to settle for a GTX 670 or GTX 770.

Redill_
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4

Good

3 years ago.

still very capable, can play basically all titles on 720p and some in 900p or 1080p

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