AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM 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 6970

NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
8.5x more texture fill rate: 84.5 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 1536 vs 48
20.7x better floating-point performance: 2,703.4 gflops vs 130.56 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 666 MHz
11.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2835 vs 251
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 431 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 December 2010 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	84.5 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 48
Floating-point performance	2,703.4 gflops vs 130.56 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2835 vs 251
PassMark - G2D Mark	431 vs 249

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

17.2x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 550 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 550 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2835

251

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

431

249

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6970	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2835	251
PassMark - G2D Mark	431	249
Geekbench - OpenCL	35739
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	273.175
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6970	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Cayman	GT216
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	14 December 2010	3 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$369
Place in performance rating	675	672
Price now	$94.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	48.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	880 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,703.4 gflops	130.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1536	48
Texture fill rate	84.5 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	550 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	486 million
Core clock speed		625 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	DDR5	DDR3
Memory bandwidth		10.66 GB / s
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire