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).
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 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 444 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 118 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 2465 | |
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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Fermi 2.0 |
Code name | Cypress | GF117 |
Launch date | 14 January 2013 | 9 January 2013 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 1185 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 282 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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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 |