AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 775 MHz
5.5x more texture fill rate: 68 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
16.7x more pipelines: 1600 vs 96
9.1x better floating-point performance: 2,720 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
2.3x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 96
Floating-point performance	2,720 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
11.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 175 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
PassMark - G3D Mark		444
PassMark - G2D Mark		117
Geekbench - OpenCL		2476
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3329

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Cypress	GF117
Launch date	14 January 2013	9 January 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	1183
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720 gflops	297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1600	96
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s	12.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	282 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3