Radeon HD 6870 vs Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
Summary
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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts XT) | vs | Cypress (Cypress PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | vs | 334 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | vs | 2,154 million |
| Shaders | 1120 | vs | 1440 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 18 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | vs | 725 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 72 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition | |
|---|
| 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 1440SP Edition | |
|---|
| TDP | 151 watts | vs | 151 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | vs | 21 Aug 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better