AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs AMD Radeon HD 6870
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 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, 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850
- Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 127 Watt vs 151 Watt
- Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 433 vs 412
- Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 946.933 vs 857.798
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 127 Watt vs 151 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 433 vs 412 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 946.933 vs 857.798 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870
- Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
- Around 17% higher pipelines: 1120 vs 960
- Around 35% better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 1,488.0 gflops
- Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2217 vs 1964
- Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 16.41 vs 13.033
- Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.346 vs 1.333
- Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 45.514 vs 32.609
- Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 184.41 vs 139.45
- Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4238 vs 3489
- Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4238 vs 3489
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 50.4 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1120 vs 960 |
Floating-point performance | 2,016.0 gflops vs 1,488.0 gflops |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2217 vs 1964 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 16.41 vs 13.033 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.346 vs 1.333 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 45.514 vs 32.609 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 184.41 vs 139.45 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4238 vs 3489 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3711 vs 3708 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3349 vs 3348 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4238 vs 3489 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3711 vs 3708 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3349 vs 3348 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 6850 | AMD Radeon HD 6870 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1964 | 2217 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 433 | 412 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 13.033 | 16.41 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 946.933 | 857.798 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.333 | 1.346 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 32.609 | 45.514 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 139.45 | 184.41 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3489 | 4238 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3708 | 3711 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3348 | 3349 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3489 | 4238 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3708 | 3711 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3348 | 3349 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 | 0 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 4950 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 6850 | AMD Radeon HD 6870 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 2 | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | Barts | Barts |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series |
Launch date | 21 October 2010 | 21 October 2010 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $179 | $239 |
Place in performance rating | 841 | 842 |
Price now | $99.99 | $89.99 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 28.63 | 38.38 |
Technical info |
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Floating-point performance | 1,488.0 gflops | 2,016.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 960 | 1120 |
Texture fill rate | 37.2 GTexel / s | 50.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 127 Watt | 151 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,700 million | 1,700 million |
Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Eyefinity | ||
VGA | ||
HDMI | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | AGP | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 198 mm | 220 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 11 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB / s | 134.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Memory clock speed | 1050 MHz | |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
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