AMD Radeon HD 6870
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon HD 6870
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

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  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650.

449
Place in performance rating
499
16.67
Value for money (0-100)
22.49
Terascale 2
Architecture
Kepler
Barts
Code name
GK107
Desktop
Type
Desktop
22 October 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
$239
Launch price (MSRP)
$109
$164 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$247 (2.3x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
2.62
Value for money
1.09
RV940 Barts
GPU code name
GK107
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 6870  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 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
384
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Core clock speed
1058 MHz
900 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,700 million
Transistor count
1,270 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
151 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
64 Watt
50.40
Texture fill rate
33.9 billion/sec
2,016.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
812.5 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
384
1120
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
900 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,700 million
Number of transistors
1,270 million
151 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
64 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 6870 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
220 mm
Length
5.70" (14.5 cm)
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin
PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
no data
Height
4.38" (11.1 cm)

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128-bit GDDR5
1050 MHz
Memory clock speed
5.0 GB/s
134.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
80.0 GB/s
-
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
-
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.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
-
Enduro
no data
no data
3D Gaming
+
no data
FXAA
+
no data
TXAA
+
no data
Adaptive VSync
+
no data
3D Blu-Ray
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 6870 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 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
12 (11_0)
4.4
OpenGL
4.3
no data
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.0
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6870 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
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

2% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($164 (0.7x MSRP) vs $247 (2.3x MSRP))

More pipelines (1120 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (134.4 GB/s vs 80.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (64 Watt vs 151 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6870 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650?

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

AMD Radeon HD 6870 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 performance benchmarks comparison

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User rating

3.0 Out of 28 Hitesti Score
3.8 Out of 198 Hitesti Score