AMD Radeon HD 6870 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 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 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- 3x more boost clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 14x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
- 93.3x more pipelines: 1120 vs 12
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
- 20.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2216 vs 106
- 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 410 vs 205
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 21 October 2010 vs 8 November 2004 |
Boost clock speed | 900 MHz vs 300 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 50.4 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1120 vs 12 |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 130 nm |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 256 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2216 vs 106 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 410 vs 205 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
- 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 151 Watt
- Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 151 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6870
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 6870 | NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2216 | 106 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 410 | 205 |
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 | NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Curie |
Code name | Barts | NV41 |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series | |
Launch date | 21 October 2010 | 8 November 2004 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $239 | |
Place in performance rating | 840 | 843 |
Price now | $89.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Value for money (0-100) | 38.38 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | 300 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2,016.0 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 130 nm |
Pipelines | 1120 | 12 |
Texture fill rate | 50.4 GTexel / s | 3.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 151 Watt | 45 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,700 million | 222 million |
Core clock speed | 300 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-III |
Length | 220 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 134.4 GB / s | 35.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 300 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1050 MHz | 1100 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | 128 / 256 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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CrossFire |