Radeon HD 6870 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Summary
Radeon HD 6870
100%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
102%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6870
100%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
120%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6870 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
| 20% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 560 Ti
The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | GeForce GTX 560 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts XT) | vs | GF114 (GF114-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | vs | 332 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | vs | 1,950 million |
| Shaders | 1120 | vs | 384 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | vs | 823 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | GeForce GTX 560 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective | vs | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6870 | | GeForce GTX 560 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 151 watts | vs | 170 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | vs | 25 Jan 2011 |
Radeon HD 6870
28.80 GP/s
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
13.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
50.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
52.70 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
134.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
128.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
2016.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
1263.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
4540
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
4660
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6870
23
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 6870
29
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6870
17
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6870
25
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 6870
18
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
19
FPS (higher is better)