Radeon HD 6870 vs Radeon HD 6950
Summary
Radeon HD 6870
100%
Radeon HD 6950
125%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6870
100%
Radeon HD 6950
115%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6870 |
| 49 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6950 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6950 |
| 15% higher gaming performance. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 6950
The Radeon HD 6950 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (41 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | Radeon HD 6950 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts XT) | vs | Cayman (Cayman PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | vs | 389 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | vs | 2,640 million |
| Shaders | 1120 | vs | 1408 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 22 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | vs | 800 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 88 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | Radeon HD 6950 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6870 | | Radeon HD 6950 | |
|---|
| TDP | 151 watts | vs | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | vs | 14 Dec 2010 |
Radeon HD 6870
28.80 GP/s
Radeon HD 6950
25.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
50.40 GT/s
Radeon HD 6950
70.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
134.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 6950
160.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
2016.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6950
2253.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
4540
Radeon HD 6950
5710
Points (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
45
Radeon HD 6950
50.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
48.7
Radeon HD 6950
56.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.9
Radeon HD 6950
35.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6870
23
Radeon HD 6950
29
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
61.8
Radeon HD 6950
69.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.8
Radeon HD 6950
34.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
31.3
Radeon HD 6950
34.4
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6870
17
Radeon HD 6950
18
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
85.1
Radeon HD 6950
100.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
32.4
Radeon HD 6950
40.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
52.5
Radeon HD 6950
58.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
36.1
Radeon HD 6950
38.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6870
25
Radeon HD 6950
28
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
17.6
Radeon HD 6950
21.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
39.8
Radeon HD 6950
44.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
39
Radeon HD 6950
45.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
49.6
Radeon HD 6950
58.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
106.7
Radeon HD 6950
116.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
48
Radeon HD 6950
54.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
28.3
Radeon HD 6950
31.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
27.1
Radeon HD 6950
28.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
52.8
Radeon HD 6950
59.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
28.1
Radeon HD 6950
32.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.2
Radeon HD 6950
36.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
17.6
Radeon HD 6950
22.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
38.4
Radeon HD 6950
43.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
18.8
Radeon HD 6950
21.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
19
Radeon HD 6950
20.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
59.4
Radeon HD 6950
72
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
22.2
Radeon HD 6950
28.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
36.9
Radeon HD 6950
41.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
24.7
Radeon HD 6950
27
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
11.4
Radeon HD 6950
14.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
23.7
Radeon HD 6950
27.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
24
Radeon HD 6950
30.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
29.7
Radeon HD 6950
37.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
80.7
Radeon HD 6950
91.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.4
Radeon HD 6950
29.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
17
Radeon HD 6950
19.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
18
Radeon HD 6950
19.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
37.1
Radeon HD 6950
41.6
FPS (higher is better)