AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 525 MHz
56.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 128 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 243
26.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2534 vs 95

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2011 vs 14 November 2004
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 525 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	373 vs 243
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534 vs 95

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

373

243

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2534

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
Geekbench - OpenCL	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.789
PassMark - G2D Mark	373	243
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534	95

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Barts	NV43 A2
Launch date	19 September 2011	14 November 2004
Place in performance rating	713	711
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	525 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2x 960
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	254 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 134.4 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3