NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI vs AMD Radeon HD 6870
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI and AMD Radeon HD 6870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI
- Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz vs 1050 MHz |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870
- Around 94% higher pipelines: 1120 vs 576
Pipelines | 1120 vs 576 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870
Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI | AMD Radeon HD 6870 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2217 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 412 | |
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)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI | AMD Radeon HD 6870 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Fermi | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | N11E-GT | Barts |
Launch date | 1 November 2010 | 21 October 2010 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 842 |
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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Core clock speed | 535 MHz | |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 576 | 1120 |
Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 2,016.0 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 50.4 GTexel / s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 151 Watt | |
Transistor count | 1,700 million | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Laptop size | large | |
Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Length | 220 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 11 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | |
Memory |
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Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1050 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | |
Memory bandwidth | 134.4 GB / s | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | |
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HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire |