NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs AMD Radeon HD 6870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD Radeon HD 6870 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 52.7 GTexel / s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
  • 3.8x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3038 vs 2220
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 424 vs 407
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11013 vs 4950
  • Around 95% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 31.935 vs 16.41
  • Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.344 vs 1.344
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 January 2011 vs 21 October 2010
Texture fill rate 52.7 GTexel / s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3038 vs 2220
PassMark - G2D Mark 424 vs 407
Geekbench - OpenCL 11013 vs 4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.935 vs 16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.344 vs 1.344

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

  • 2.9x more pipelines: 1120 vs 384
  • Around 60% better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 1,263.4 gflops
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 857.798 vs 539.966
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 45.514 vs 35.841
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 184.41 vs 64.308
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4238 vs 4184
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3683
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4238 vs 4184
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3683
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1120 vs 384
Floating-point performance 2,016.0 gflops vs 1,263.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 857.798 vs 539.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.514 vs 35.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 184.41 vs 64.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4238 vs 4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3711 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4238 vs 4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3711 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3333

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3038
2220
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
424
407
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11013
4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.935
16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
539.966
857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.344
1.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.841
45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
64.308
184.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4184
4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4184
4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3349
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 6870
PassMark - G3D Mark 3038 2220
PassMark - G2D Mark 424 407
Geekbench - OpenCL 11013 4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.935 16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 539.966 857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.344 1.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.841 45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 64.308 184.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4184 4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4184 4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 389 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 6870

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF114 Barts
Launch date 25 January 2011 21 October 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $239
Place in performance rating 822 824
Price now $138 $89.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 27.88 38.38
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 823 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,263.4 gflops 2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 1120
Texture fill rate 52.7 GTexel / s 50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,700 million
Boost clock speed 900 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 229 mm 220 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 128.3 GB / s 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire