AMD Radeon HD 6870 vs ATI Radeon HD 5870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 and ATI Radeon HD 5870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 900 MHz vs 850 MHz
• Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 188 Watt
• 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4950 vs 1858
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 45.514 vs 43.496
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3671
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3671

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

• Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
• Around 43% higher pipelines: 1600 vs 1120
• Around 35% better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 2,016.0 gflops
• 4.6x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1050 MHz
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.789 vs 16.41
• Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1339.688 vs 857.798
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.775 vs 1.346
• Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 245.813 vs 184.41
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4541 vs 4238
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4541 vs 4238

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5870

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2208 2199
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	416 416
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	4950 1858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	16.41 18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	857.798 1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.346 1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	45.514 43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	184.41 245.813
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4238 4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3711 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4238 4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3711 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 3349

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