Radeon HD 6870 vs Radeon HD 6970
Summary
Radeon HD 6870
100%
Radeon HD 6970
132%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6870
100%
Radeon HD 6970
132%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6870 |
| 99 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6970 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6970 |
| 32% higher gaming performance. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 6970
The Radeon HD 6970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (43 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | Radeon HD 6970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts XT) | vs | Cayman (Cayman XT) |
| 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 | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | vs | 880 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 96 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | | Radeon HD 6970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6870 | | Radeon HD 6970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 151 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | vs | 14 Dec 2010 |
Radeon HD 6870
28.80 GP/s
Radeon HD 6970
28.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
50.40 GT/s
Radeon HD 6970
84.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
134.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 6970
176.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
2016.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6970
2703.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6870
4540
Radeon HD 6970
6000
Points (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
45
Radeon HD 6970
57.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
48.7
Radeon HD 6970
65.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.9
Radeon HD 6970
40.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6870
23
Radeon HD 6970
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 6870
29
Radeon HD 6970
38
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
61.8
Radeon HD 6970
78.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.8
Radeon HD 6970
38.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
31.3
Radeon HD 6970
38.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6870
17
Radeon HD 6970
23
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
85.1
Radeon HD 6970
113.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
32.4
Radeon HD 6970
47.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
52.5
Radeon HD 6970
66.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
36.1
Radeon HD 6970
44.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6870
25
Radeon HD 6970
31
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
17.6
Radeon HD 6970
23.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
39.8
Radeon HD 6970
51.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
39
Radeon HD 6970
52.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
49.6
Radeon HD 6970
66.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
106.7
Radeon HD 6970
138
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
48
Radeon HD 6970
51.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
28.3
Radeon HD 6970
36.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
27.1
Radeon HD 6970
33.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
52.8
Radeon HD 6970
66.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
28.1
Radeon HD 6970
37.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.2
Radeon HD 6970
41
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
17.6
Radeon HD 6970
25.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
38.4
Radeon HD 6970
50.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
18.8
Radeon HD 6970
24.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
19
Radeon HD 6970
23.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
59.4
Radeon HD 6970
82.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
22.2
Radeon HD 6970
32.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
36.9
Radeon HD 6970
47.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
24.7
Radeon HD 6970
30.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
11.4
Radeon HD 6970
16
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
23.7
Radeon HD 6970
31.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
24
Radeon HD 6970
35.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
29.7
Radeon HD 6970
43.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
80.7
Radeon HD 6970
108.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
30.4
Radeon HD 6970
44.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
17
Radeon HD 6970
21.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
18
Radeon HD 6970
22.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6870
37.1
Radeon HD 6970
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 6870
18
Radeon HD 6970
24
FPS (higher is better)