AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 64% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 550 MHz
56.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
140x more pipelines: 2x 1120 vs 16
91.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 44 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	8 July 2011 vs 1 December 2009
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1120 vs 16
Floating-point performance	2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 44 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

10.7x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.807
PassMark - G3D Mark		145
PassMark - G2D Mark		71
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1023
Geekbench - OpenCL		2855

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Barts	GT218
Launch date	8 July 2011	1 December 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$520	$169
Place in performance rating	1613	1616
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,016.0 gflops	44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 1120	16
Texture fill rate	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 134.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3