AMD Radeon HD 6870 vs ATI Radeon X550 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 and ATI Radeon X550 XT 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.

AMD Radeon HD 6870

ATI Radeon X550 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
31.5x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 600 MHz
39.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2208 vs 56
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 224

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2010 vs 24 January 2007
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2208 vs 56
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 224

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

416

224

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6870	ATI Radeon X550 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2208	56
PassMark - G2D Mark	416	224
Geekbench - OpenCL	4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	184.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6870	ATI Radeon X550 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R400
Code name	Barts	RV410
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	21 October 2010	24 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$239
Place in performance rating	812	814
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	38.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1120
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	120 million
Core clock speed		400 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	220 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire