AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT vs NVIDIA A16 PCIe
What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT and NVIDIA A16 PCIe. Find out which graphics card has better performance.
Graphics Processor (GPU)
| Tahiti | GPU Name | GA107 |
| GCN 1.0 | Architecture | Ampere |
| TSMC | Foundry | Samsung |
| 28 nm | Process Size | 8 nm |
| 4,313 million | Transistors | unknown |
| 352 mm² | Die Size | unknown |
Graphics Card
| Nov 19th, 2012 | Release Date | Apr 12th, 2021 |
| Southern Islands (HD 7800) | Family | Tesla (Axx) |
| End-of-life | Production | Active |
| PCIe 3.0 x16 | Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
Memory
| 2 GB | Memory Size | 16 GB x4 |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| 256 bit | Memory Bus | 128 bit x4 |
Clock Speeds
| 925 MHz | Base Clock | 885 MHz |
| 975 MHz | Boost Clock | 1695 MHz |
| 1500 MHz 6 Gbps effective | Memory Clock | 1812 MHz 14.5 Gbps effective |
Render Config
| 96 | TMUs | 80 x4 |
| 32 | ROPs | 48 x4 |
Board Design
| 267 mm 10.5 inches | Length | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| 185 W | Thermal design power (TDP) | 250 W |
| 450 W | Suggested PSU | 600 W |
| 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort | Display Connectors | No outputs |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 8-pin EPS |
API support
| 12 (11_1) | DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| 4.6 | OpenGL | 4.6 |
| 1.2 | OpenCL | 3.0 |
| 1.2 | Vulkan | 1.2 |
| 5.1 | Shader Model | 6.6 |