Radeon HD 6870 vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
Radeon HD 6870
100%
GeForce GTX 970
346%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6870
100%
GeForce GTX 970
405%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 970 |
| 305% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970
The GeForce GTX 970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts XT) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 1120 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6870 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 151 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon HD 6870
28.80 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
50.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
134.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
2016.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
4540
GeForce GTX 970
15750
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 6870
18
GeForce GTX 970
73
FPS (higher is better)