AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 540 MHz
58x more texture fill rate: 2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
280x more pipelines: 2x 1120 vs 8
193.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 256 MB
5.3x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	8 July 2011 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1120 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

8.6x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.807
PassMark - G2D Mark		63
PassMark - G3D Mark		176
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		593

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Barts	G98
Launch date	8 July 2011	10 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$520
Place in performance rating	1622	1623
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,016.0 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2x 1120	8
Texture fill rate	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	304 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 134.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2