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AMD · GCN 1 · 2012

Radeon HD 7870 XT (Tahiti LE)

Radeon HD 7870 XT (Tahiti LE): 2 GB GDDR5, 185 W, 1,536 Stream processors. Launched November 2012 at $270.

Memory
2 GB
Power
185 W
Bus width
256 bit
Memory2 GB11 of 183 in Radeon HD
Power185 W25 of 157 by higher draw in Radeon HD
Stream processors1,53615 of 179 in Radeon HD
Launch price$27024 of 75 in Radeon HD

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Memory

Capacity
2 GB
Memory type
GDDR5
Bus width
256 bit
Memory clock
1,500 MHz
Bandwidth
192 GB/s

Compute

Stream processors
1,536
TMUs
96
ROPs
32
Pixel fill rate
29.6 GP/s
Texture fill rate
88.8 GT/s

Board

TDP
185 W
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 ×16
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
270 USD

Physical

Architecture
GCN 1
Process
28 nm
Transistors
4.313 billion
Die size
352 mm²
Series
Radeon HD
Launch date
November 2012

Not recorded by the source: generation, codename, sm count and base clock, or 4 further fields.

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

352 mm² die · 1,536 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 16 shaders.352 mm² die · 1,536 shadersEach dot = 16 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Within its series, the Radeon HD 7870 XT (Tahiti LE) ranks 11th of 183 for memory capacity. Its 185 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

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