AMD Radeon HD 6870
The AMD Radeon HD 6870 is a desktop graphics card that was released on 2010. It is based on the Barts / RV940 chip and was manufactured in 40nm. The card offers 224 5D (1120) shader at 900 MHz and a 256 Bit GDDR5 graphics memory running at 2100 MHz (effective). Compared to laptop graphics card, the AMD Radeon HD 6990M uses the same chip with 1120 shaders but with a lower core clock of 715 MHz and memory clock of 1800 MHz.
| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Codename | RV940 Barts |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 |
| Pipelines | 1120 - unified |
| Core Speed | 900 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1050 MHz |
| Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Max. Amount of Memory | 1024 MB |
| Shared Memory | no |
| DirectX | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 |
| Transistor Count | 1700 Million |
| technology | 40 nm |
| Date of Announcement | 22.10.2010 |
Benchmarks
3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720
15589 Points (26%)
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1150 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Sapphire Toxic 13.2 Beta 4 | 15589 |
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AMD Radeon HD 6870
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720
26437 Points (14%)
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1150 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Sapphire Toxic 13.2 Beta 4 | 26437 |
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AMD Radeon HD 6870
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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080
3002 Points (11%)
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1150 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Sapphire Toxic 13.2 Beta 4 | 3002 |
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AMD Radeon HD 6870
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3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080
3141 Points (8%)
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1150 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Sapphire Toxic 13.2 Beta 4 | 3141 |
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AMD Radeon HD 7770 -10%
AMD Radeon HD 7770 -10%
AMD Radeon HD 6870
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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720
176248 Points (23%)
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1150 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Sapphire Toxic 13.2 Beta 4 | 176248 |
AMD Radeon HD 6870
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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
min: 4413 avg: 4547.5 median: 4547 (15%) max: 4682 points
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 4413 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 4682 |
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AMD Radeon HD 6870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 9%
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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
min: 4057 avg: 4218 median: 4218 (8%) max: 4379 points
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 4057 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 4379 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti -5%
AMD Radeon HD 6870
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3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +3DMark Vantage - P Result 1280x1024
min: 17593 avg: 17772.5 median: 17772 (25%) max: 17952 Points
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 17593 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 17952 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 -1%
AMD Radeon HD 6870
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P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
min: 16185 avg: 16393 median: 16393 (21%) max: 16601 Points
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 16185 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 16601 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 8%
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3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768
min: 60449 avg: 60815 median: 60815 (63%) max: 61181 Points
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 60449 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 61181 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 -16%
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 -15%
ATI Radeon HD 5670 -11%
ATI Radeon HD 5770 -5%
AMD Radeon HD 6790 -5%
AMD Radeon HD 6870
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3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
min: 77238 avg: 77275 median: 77275 (40%) max: 77312 Points
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 77238 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 77312 |
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AMD Radeon HD 7770 -23%
ATI Radeon HD 5850 -16%
AMD Radeon HD 6870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 14%
AMD Radeon HD 6970 17%
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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
min: 30068 avg: 30166 median: 30166 (65%) max: 30264 Points
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 30068 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 30264 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 -2%
AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Radeon HD 6970 5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 7%
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3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +min: 23816 avg: 23860 median: 23860 (51%) max: 23904 Points
| Standard 1280x1024 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 23816 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 23904 |
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AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Radeon HD 6970 1%
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024
min: 63 avg: 67.7 median: 64 (29%) max: 75 fps
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 63 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1048 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Sapphire Toxic 12.80 | 64.6 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 75.5 |
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SPECviewperf 11
Siemens NX 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Siemens NX 1920x1080
13.2 fps (9%)
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 13.22 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 13.24 |
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AMD Radeon HD 6870
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Tcvis 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Tcvis 1920x1080
7.6 fps (13%)
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 7.54 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 7.66 |
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ATI Radeon HD 5770 0%
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SolidWorks 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - SolidWorks 1920x1080
min: 28 avg: 29.1 median: 29 (35%) max: 29 fps
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 28.97 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 29.26 |
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ATI Radeon HD 5770 -6%
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Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080
2.6 fps (11%)
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 2.61 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 2.67 |
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ATI Radeon HD 5770 -2%
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Maya 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Maya 1920x1080
min: 12 avg: 13.4 median: 13 (10%) max: 13 fps
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 12.93 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 13.83 |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 -89%
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ATI Radeon HD 5770 -4%
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Lightwave 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Lightwave 1920x1080
33.3 fps (36%)
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 33.2 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 33.44 |
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ATI Radeon HD 5770 -3%
AMD Radeon HD 6870
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Ensight 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Ensight 1920x1080
min: 21 avg: 23.3 median: 23 (11%) max: 24 fps
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 21.97 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 24.69 |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 -96%
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Catia 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Catia 1920x1080
9.6 fps (12%)
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.5 | 9.41 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 9.66 |
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 9.66 |
ATI Radeon HD 5770 -9%
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Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
10832 Points (54%)
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 10832 |
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ATI Radeon HD 5770 -3%
AMD Radeon HD 6790 0%
AMD Radeon HD 6870
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Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - OpenGL 64Bit
76 Points (45%)
| 2600K | 4096 MB | 900 / 1050 MHz | 1024MB GDDR5; downclocked Powercolor 11.3 | 75.97 |
ATI Radeon HD 5770 -3%
AMD Radeon HD 6790 0%
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB -15%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB -24%
AMD Radeon HD 6870
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB -34%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB -38%
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AMD Radeon HD 7770 7%
AMD Radeon HD 7770 7%
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AMD Radeon HD 7770 4%
AMD Radeon HD 7770 4%
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AMD Radeon HD 7770 -15%
AMD Radeon HD 7770 -15%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
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AMD Radeon HD 7770 -21%
AMD Radeon HD 7770 -21%
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AMD Radeon HD 7770 -26%
AMD Radeon HD 7770 -26%
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AMD Radeon HD 7770 -26%
AMD Radeon HD 7770 -26%
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AMD Radeon HD 7770 -29%
AMD Radeon HD 7770 -29%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
AMD Radeon HD 7770 -2%
AMD Radeon HD 7770 -2%
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AMD Radeon HD 7770 -7%
AMD Radeon HD 7770 -7%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 4%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 -4%
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