AMD Radeon HD 6870 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 and NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400 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 Quadro FX Go1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
22.9x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
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
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 590 MHz
21.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2208 vs 102
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 223

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2010 vs 25 February 2005
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz vs 590 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2208 vs 102
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 223

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6870
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2208

102

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

416

223

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6870	NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	2208	102
PassMark - G2D Mark	416	223
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 Quadro FX Go1400
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Barts	NV41
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	21 October 2010	25 February 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$239
Place in performance rating	812	815
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
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	130 nm
Pipelines	1120
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	222 million
Core clock speed		275 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
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	18.88 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	590 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire