AMD Radeon HD 6770 vs ATI Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6770 and ATI Radeon 9700 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.

AMD Radeon HD 6770

ATI Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6770

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
15.5x more texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
Around 94% higher memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 540 MHz
28.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1262 vs 44
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 318 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 January 2011 vs 1 July 2002
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz vs 540 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1262 vs 44
PassMark - G2D Mark	318 vs 152

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 37 Watt vs 108 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	37 Watt vs 108 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6770
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1262

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

318

152

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6770	ATI Radeon 9700
PassMark - G3D Mark	1262	44
PassMark - G2D Mark	318	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	3802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.69
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	615.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	115.157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6770	ATI Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rage 8
Code name	Juniper	R300
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	21 January 2011	1 July 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	1117	1120
Price now	$76.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.17
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	110 million
Core clock speed		275 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	Floppy
API support
DirectX	11	9.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire