AMD Radeon HD 6870
VS
AMD Cayman
AMD Radeon HD 6870
VS
AMD Cayman

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon HD 6870  vs  AMD Cayman.

449
Place in performance rating
not rated
16.67
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Terascale 2
Architecture
TeraScale 3
Barts
Code name
Cayman
Desktop
Type
Desktop
22 October 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
no data
$239
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$164 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$17.44
reference
Design
no data
2.62
Value for money
no data
RV940 Barts
GPU code name
Cayman
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 6870  vs  AMD Cayman in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1120
Pipelines
1536
900 MHz
Boost Clock
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1,700 million
Transistor count
2,640 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
151 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
50.40
Texture fill rate
no data
2,016.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1120
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
900 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,700 million
Number of transistors
2,640 million
151 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 6870 and AMD Cayman come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
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220 mm
Length
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2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 6870 vs AMD Cayman.

GDDR5
Memory type
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1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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256 Bit
Memory bus width
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1050 MHz
Memory clock speed
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134.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon HD 6870 vs AMD Cayman.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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1
Eyefinity
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+
HDMI
no data
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
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1
CrossFire
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
-
Enduro
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 6870 and AMD Cayman is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 11
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.4
OpenGL
4.4
5.0
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6870 and AMD Cayman graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 6870 or AMD Cayman good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Cayman
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Cayman
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Cayman
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Cayman
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Cayman
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6870

10.08% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of AMD Cayman

Cheaper ($17.44 vs $164 (0.7x MSRP))

More pipelines (1536 vs 1120)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6870 or AMD Cayman?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6870 .

AMD Radeon HD 6870 versus AMD Cayman performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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Passmark

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User rating

3.0 Out of 28 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score