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GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon HD 6870
Intro
The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 features clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 216 SPUs along with 72 Texture Address Units and 28 ROPs.Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 6870, which features clock speeds of 900 MHz on the GPU, and 1050 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1120 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 6870 |
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151 Watts |
| GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 |
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202 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the Radeon HD 6870 should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 in general. (explain)
| Radeon HD 6870 |
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134400 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 |
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111888 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 6870 will be much (approximately 22%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)| Radeon HD 6870 |
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50400 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 |
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41472 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon HD 6870 is much (more or less 79%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)| Radeon HD 6870 |
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28800 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 |
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16128 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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Radeon HD 6870Amazon.com
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 | Radeon HD 6870 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | ATi |
| Year | September 16, 2008 | October 2010 |
| Code Name | G200 | Barts XT |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe x16 |
| Memory | 896 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 576 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 1242 MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 999 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Unified Shaders | 216 | 1120 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 72 | 56 |
| Render Output Units | 28 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 448-bit | 256-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 202 watts | 151 watts |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 111888 MB/sec | 134400 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 41472 Mtexels/sec | 50400 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 16128 Mpixels/sec | 28800 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.
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