AMD Radeon HD 7870M
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M is a graphics card released on April 1, 2012, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, 64.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 800 MHz and a 45 W board power rating. It scores 1,507 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4.
Depth: 30 recorded fields
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M scores 1,507 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 61.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,183), measured across 15 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 556.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon HD 7870M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 800 MHz, DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2012-12-12. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Heathrow XT graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.
Clock speeds
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M runs at a base clock of 800 MHz.
Memory
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 64.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M has a board power rating of 45 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
Market
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M was released on April 1, 2012.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M supports DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 7870M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 7870M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 7870M.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 7870M have?
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 64.0 GB/s.
How much power does the AMD Radeon HD 7870M use and what power supply does it need?
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M has a board power rating of 45 W.
How fast is the AMD Radeon HD 7870M?
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M scores 1,507 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 61.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,183.
What bus interface does the AMD Radeon HD 7870M use?
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
When was the AMD Radeon HD 7870M released?
The AMD Radeon HD 7870M was released on April 1, 2012.
Corrections to this record
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- Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Heathrow -> GCN 1. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).
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