Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking569not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.09no data
Power efficiency4.09no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGK106Cypress
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 October 2012 (12 years ago)14 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7681600
Core clock speed928 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt175 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate59.3968.00
Floating-point processing power1.425 TFLOPS2.72 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs6480

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length145 mm282 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5.4 GB/s1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth86.4 GB/s134.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support4 Displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.34.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 October 2012 14 January 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 175 Watt

GTX 650 Ti has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 59.1% lower power consumption.

HD 6870 1600SP Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 650 Ti and Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
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