AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 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).

AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 96% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 460 MHz
68x more texture fill rate: 2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.68 GTexel / s
140x more pipelines: 2x 1120 vs 16
137x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 29.44 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 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 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 460 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1120 vs 16
Floating-point performance	2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 29.44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

7.9x lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.807
PassMark - G3D Mark		220
PassMark - G2D Mark		64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		858
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		858

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Barts	G84
Launch date	8 July 2011	12 September 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$520	$199
Place in performance rating	1607	1604
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	460 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,016.0 gflops	29.44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2x 1120	16
Texture fill rate	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	3.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	38 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	304 mm	198 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	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2