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Geforce GTX 670 vs Radeon HD 6870
Intro
The Geforce GTX 670 has a GPU core speed of 915 MHz, and the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory runs at 1500 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1344 Stream Processors, 112 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6870, which has a core clock frequency of 900 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1050 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 1120 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 6870 |
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151 Watts |
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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170 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The Geforce GTX 670 should theoretically be a lot faster than the Radeon HD 6870 overall. (explain)
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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192000 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 6870 |
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134400 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Geforce GTX 670 should be much (about 103%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6870. (explain)| Geforce GTX 670 |
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102480 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 6870 |
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50400 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Geforce GTX 670 should be a bit (about 2%) more effective at AA than the Radeon HD 6870, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)| Geforce GTX 670 |
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29280 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 6870 |
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28800 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
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Specifications
| Model | Geforce GTX 670 | Radeon HD 6870 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | ATi |
| Year | May 2012 | October 2010 |
| Code Name | GK104 | Barts XT |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe x16 |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 915 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 915 MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz (6000 MHz effective) | 1050 MHz (4200 MHz effective) |
| Unified Shaders | 1344 | 1120 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 112 | 56 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11.1 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.2 | OpenGL 4.1 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 170 watts | 151 watts |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 192000 MB/sec | 134400 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 102480 Mtexels/sec | 50400 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 29280 Mpixels/sec | 28800 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
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