AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 6500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 7870 XT

NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 400 MHz
58.5x more texture fill rate: 93.6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
9x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 666 MHz
117.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4470 vs 38
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2012 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	93.6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4470 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	661 vs 300

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4470

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

661

300

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
PassMark - G3D Mark	4470	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	661	300
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1230.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	78.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	345.793
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1745

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Tahiti	NV44 A2
Launch date	19 November 2012	1 October 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$270
Place in performance rating	545	546
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,995 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	93.6 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2