Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 6870 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti
AMD
Radeon HD 6870
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 21 Oct 2010
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 25 Jan 2011
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon HD 6870100%
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti102%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon HD 6870100%
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti120%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 6870
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 560 Ti
- 20% higher gaming performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 560 Ti
The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
|---|
| GPU Name | Barts (Barts XT) | GF114 (GF114-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 255 mm² | 332 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,700 million | 1,950 million |
| Shaders | 1120 | 384 |
| Compute Units | 14 | 8 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | 823 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 6870 | GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6870 | GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
|---|
| TDP | 151 watts | 170 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2010 | 25 Jan 2011 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 687028.80 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti13.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 687050.40 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti52.70 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 6870134.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti128.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 68702016.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti1263.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon HD 68704540
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti4660
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- Radeon HD 687023
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti30
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- Radeon HD 687029
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti34
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- Radeon HD 687017
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti23
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- Radeon HD 687025
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti29
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- Radeon HD 687018
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti19
FPS (higher is better)