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AMDGCN 1.0Released 2012Pricing last updated -

Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Pitcairn | GDDR5 | 2 GB | 2 GB

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Performance
2
2.56 TFLOPS
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GPU Information

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Identity

Brand
AMD
Model
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Variant
Pitcairn | GDDR5 | 2 GB
GPU name
Pitcairn
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Release date
Mar 5, 2012
Release year
2012
Production status
End-of-life
GPU ID
amd-radeon-hd-7870-ghz-edition-pitcairn-gddr5-2-gb-2012

Pricing

MSRP
$349
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Current new price
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Qualified sales count
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Launch price raw
349 USD
Current price raw
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Memory and Bus

Memory size
2 GB
Memory type
GDDR5
Memory bus
256-bit
Bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe lanes
16
Process
28 nm

Clocks and Compute

GPU clock
1,000 MHz
Base clock
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Boost clock
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Game clock
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Shading units
1,280
TMUs
80
ROPs
32
RT cores
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Tensor cores
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FP32 throughput
2.56 TFLOPS
Relative performance
2

Physical

Slot width
Dual-slot
Length
241 mm
Board power
175 W
Power connectors
2x 6-pin
Outputs
1x DVI 1x HDMI 1.4a 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2

APIs and Source

DirectX
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan
1.2.170
Source file
amd2012.json
Row ID
178
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