Radeon HD 6870 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Summary
Radeon HD 6870
100%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
193%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6870
100%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
161%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 660 Ti |
| 61% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 660 Ti
The GeForce GTX 660 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (42 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | GeForce GTX 660 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts XT) | vs | GK104 (GK104-300-KD-A2) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | vs | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | vs | 3,540 million |
| Shaders | 1120 | vs | 1344 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 7 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | vs | 915 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | GeForce GTX 660 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6870 | | GeForce GTX 660 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 151 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | vs | 16 Aug 2012 |
Radeon HD 6870
28.80 GP/s
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
25.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
50.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
102.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
134.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
2016.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
2460.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
4540
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
8790
Points (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
45
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
62.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
48.7
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
72.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.9
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
58.5
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 6870
29
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
59
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
61.8
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
95.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.8
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
44.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
31.3
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
52.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6870
17
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
37
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
85.1
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
134.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
32.4
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
56
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
52.5
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
78.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
36.1
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
61.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6870
25
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
43
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
17.6
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
22.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
39.8
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
58.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
39
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
52.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
49.6
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
76.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
106.7
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
180
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
48
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
63.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
28.3
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
51.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
27.1
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
51.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
52.8
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
84.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
28.1
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
37.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.2
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
43.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
17.6
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
35.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
38.4
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
60.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
18.8
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
27
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
19
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
30.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
59.4
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
93.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
22.2
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
37.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
36.9
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
56.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
24.7
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
41.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
11.4
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
17.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
23.7
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
34.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
24
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
33.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
29.7
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
46.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
80.7
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
123.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.4
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
45.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
17
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
30.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
18
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
33.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
37.1
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
58.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 6870
18
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
36
FPS (higher is better)