AMD Radeon Vega 9 vs AMD Radeon HD 6870
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 9 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 9
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 900 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
- 10.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 151 Watt
- Around 94% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9590 vs 4950
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 26 Oct 2017 vs 21 October 2010 |
| Boost clock speed | 1300 MHz vs 900 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 40 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt vs 151 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 9590 vs 4950 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870
- Around 94% higher pipelines: 1120 vs 576
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 402
- Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2209 vs 1588
- Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4238 vs 2591
- Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4238 vs 2591
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 1856
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 1856
- Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 2482
- Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 2482
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 1120 vs 576 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 416 vs 402 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2209 vs 1588 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4238 vs 2591 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4238 vs 2591 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3711 vs 1856 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3711 vs 1856 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3349 vs 2482 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3349 vs 2482 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 9
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870
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| Name | AMD Radeon Vega 9 | AMD Radeon HD 6870 |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 402 | 416 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1588 | 2209 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 9590 | 4950 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2591 | 4238 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2591 | 4238 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1856 | 3711 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1856 | 3711 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2482 | 3349 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2482 | 3349 |
| 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 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon Vega 9 | AMD Radeon HD 6870 | |
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| Architecture | Vega | TeraScale 2 |
| Code name | Vega Raven Ridge | Barts |
| Launch date | 26 Oct 2017 | 21 October 2010 |
| Place in performance rating | 819 | 817 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $239 | |
| Price now | $89.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 38.38 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1300 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 576 | 1120 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 151 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4500 million | 1,700 million |
| Floating-point performance | 2,016.0 gflops | |
| Texture fill rate | 50.4 GTexel / s | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.1 | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | |
Memory |
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| Shared memory | Yes | 0 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 134.4 GB / s | |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | |
| Memory clock speed | 1050 MHz | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 220 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
Technologies |
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