AMD Radeon HD 6670 vs ATI Radeon HD 5870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6670 and ATI Radeon HD 5870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6670

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 188 Watt
• Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1905 vs 1858

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

• Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 850 MHz vs 800 MHz
• 3.5x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
• 3.3x more pipelines: 1600 vs 480
• 3.5x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
• 4.6x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1050 MHz
• 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2199 vs 724
• Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 247
• 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.789 vs 4.861
• 5.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1339.688 vs 235.463
• 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.775 vs 0.463
• 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 43.496 vs 15.918
• 6.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 245.813 vs 38.551
• 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4541 vs 1564
• Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3671 vs 3260
• 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4541 vs 1564
• Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3671 vs 3260

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6670
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5870

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	724 2199
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	247 416
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	1905 1858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.861 18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	235.463 1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.463 1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15.918 43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	38.551 245.813
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1564 4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3260 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3348 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1564 4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3260 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3348 3349

Compare specifications (specs)