Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs Radeon HD 6570

Radeon HD 3870 X2
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 26 Jan 2008
Radeon HD 3870 X2
Radeon HD 6570
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Apr 2011
Radeon HD 6570

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    157%
  • Radeon HD 6570
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3870 X2

Around 57% higher average synthetic performance.
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6570

105 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 3870 X2 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon HD 3870 X2

HWBench recommends Radeon HD 3870 X2

The Radeon HD 3870 X2 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon HD 3870 X2Radeon HD 6570
GPU NameR680 ()vsTurks (Turks PRO)
Fab Process55 nmvs40 nm
Die Size192 mm²vs118 mm²
Transistors666 millionvs716 million
Shaders320vs480
Compute Units4vs6
Core clock825 MHzvs650 MHz
ROPs16vs8
TMUs16vs24

Memory Configuration

Radeon HD 3870 X2Radeon HD 6570
Memory TypeGDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bit x2vs128 bit
Memory Speed901 MHz
1802 MHz effective
vs1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective
Memory Size512 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon HD 3870 X2Radeon HD 6570
TDP165 wattsvs60 watts
Release Date26 Jan 2008vs19 Apr 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    26.40 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 6570
    5.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    26.40 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 6570
    15.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    115.40 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 6570
    64.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    1056.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 6570
    624.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    2470
  • Radeon HD 6570
    1570

Points (higher is better)