AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
- Around 18% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 720 MHz
- Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 3600 MHz
| Launch date | 14 January 2013 vs 4 June 2012 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 720 MHz |
| Memory clock speed | 4200 MHz vs 3600 MHz |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
- Around 68% higher pipelines: 2688 vs 1600
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 1 GB
| Pipelines | 2688 vs 1600 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 2x 4 GB vs 1 GB |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Kepler |
| Code name | Cypress | N13E-GTX |
| Launch date | 14 January 2013 | 4 June 2012 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,720 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1600 | 2688 |
| Texture fill rate | 68 GTexel / s | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 175 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 2,154 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 282 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
| Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2x 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 134.4 GB / s | |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4200 MHz | 3600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
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