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.

AMD Radeon HD 6870

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

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: 2217 vs 106
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 411 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	2217 vs 106
PassMark - G2D Mark	411 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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2217

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

411

205

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6870	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark	2217	106
PassMark - G2D Mark	411	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
Essentials
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	841	844
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	38.38
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
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
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire