Radeon HD 6870 vs Radeon HD 6850
Summary
Radeon HD 6870
119%
Radeon HD 6850
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6870
121%
Radeon HD 6850
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6870 |
| 21% higher gaming performance. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6850 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 6870
The Radeon HD 6870 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (40 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | Radeon HD 6850 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts XT) | vs | Barts (Barts PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | vs | 255 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | vs | 1,700 million |
| Shaders | 1120 | vs | 960 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | vs | 775 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | Radeon HD 6850 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective | vs | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6870 | | Radeon HD 6850 | |
|---|
| TDP | 151 watts | vs | 127 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | vs | 21 Oct 2010 |
Radeon HD 6870
28.80 GP/s
Radeon HD 6850
24.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
50.40 GT/s
Radeon HD 6850
37.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
134.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 6850
128.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
2016.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6850
1488.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
4540
Radeon HD 6850
3810
Points (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
45
Radeon HD 6850
36.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
48.7
Radeon HD 6850
40.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.9
Radeon HD 6850
25.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6870
23
Radeon HD 6850
20
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
61.8
Radeon HD 6850
52.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.8
Radeon HD 6850
25.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
31.3
Radeon HD 6850
26.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
85.1
Radeon HD 6850
71.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
32.4
Radeon HD 6850
25.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
52.5
Radeon HD 6850
43.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
36.1
Radeon HD 6850
29.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6870
25
Radeon HD 6850
20
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
17.6
Radeon HD 6850
15.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
39.8
Radeon HD 6850
32.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
39
Radeon HD 6850
31.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
49.6
Radeon HD 6850
39.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
106.7
Radeon HD 6850
93.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
48
Radeon HD 6850
40.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
28.3
Radeon HD 6850
22.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
27.1
Radeon HD 6850
23
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
52.8
Radeon HD 6850
44.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
28.1
Radeon HD 6850
23
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.2
Radeon HD 6850
25.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
17.6
Radeon HD 6850
10.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
38.4
Radeon HD 6850
32.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
18.8
Radeon HD 6850
15.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
19
Radeon HD 6850
16.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
59.4
Radeon HD 6850
49.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
22.2
Radeon HD 6850
17.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
36.9
Radeon HD 6850
30.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
24.7
Radeon HD 6850
20.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
11.4
Radeon HD 6850
10.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
23.7
Radeon HD 6850
19
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
24
Radeon HD 6850
18
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
29.7
Radeon HD 6850
24
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
80.7
Radeon HD 6850
68.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.4
Radeon HD 6850
26.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
17
Radeon HD 6850
13.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
18
Radeon HD 6850
15.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
37.1
Radeon HD 6850
31.6
FPS (higher is better)