Radeon HD 6870 X2 vs GeForce GTX 760 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Is dual GPU | Yes | vs | No | About half of graphics cards are dual GPU | |||
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| Significantly higher memory bandwidth | 268.8 GB/s | vs | 192.3 GB/s | Around 40% higher memory bandwidth | |||
| Better floating-point performance | 4,032 GFLOPS | vs | 2,257.9 GFLOPS | Around 80% better floating-point performance | |||
| Significantly higher pixel rate | 57.6 GPixel/s | vs | 23.52 GPixel/s | Around 2.5x higher pixel rate | |||
| Significantly more render output processors | 64 | vs | 32 | Twice as many render output processors | |||
| Significantly more shading units | 2,240 | vs | 1,152 | 1088 more shading units | |||
| Much wider memory bus | 512 bit | vs | 256 bit | 2x wider memory bus | |||
| More texture mapping units | 112 | vs | 96 | 16 more texture mapping units | |||
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| Significantly higher effective memory clock speed | 6,008 MHz | vs | 4,200 MHz | Around 45% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Higher clock speed | 980 MHz | vs | 900 MHz | Around 10% higher clock speed | |||
| Significantly higher memory clock speed | 1,502 MHz | vs | 1,050 MHz | Around 45% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Significantly lower TDP | 170W | vs | 300W | Around 45% lower TDP | |||
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Features Key features of the Radeon HD 6870 X2 vs GeForce GTX 760
memory bandwidth Rate at which data can be read from or stored in onboard memory
pixel rate Number of pixels a graphics card can render to the screen every second
texture rate Speed at which a graphics card can perform texture mapping
floating point performance How fast the gpu can crunch numbers
shading units Subcomponents of the gpu, these run in parallel to enable fast pixel shading
texture mapping units Built into each gpu, these resize and rotate bitmaps for texturing scenes
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Specifications Full list of technical specs
gpu | Radeon HD 6870 X2 | vs | GeForce GTX 760 |
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| GPU brand | AMD | Nvidia | |
| GPU name | Barts XT | GK116 | |
| Market | Desktop | Desktop | |
| Clock speed | 900 MHz | 980 MHz | |
| Is dual GPU | Yes | No | |
| Reference card | None | None | |
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| Shading units | 2,240 | 1,152 | |
| Texture mapping units | 112 | 96 | |
| Render output processors | 64 | 32 | |
| Pixel rate | 57.6 GPixel/s | 23.52 GPixel/s | |
| Texture rate | 100.8 GTexel/s | 94.1 GTexel/s | |
| Floating-point performance | 4,032 GFLOPS | 2,257.9 GFLOPS | |
memory | Radeon HD 6870 X2 | vs | GeForce GTX 760 |
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| Memory clock speed | 1,050 MHz | 1,502 MHz | |
| Effective memory clock speed | 4,200 MHz | 6,008 MHz | |
| Memory bus | 512 bit | 256 bit | |
| Memory | 2,048 MB | 2,048 MB | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | |
| Memory bandwidth | 268.8 GB/s | 192.3 GB/s | |
noise and power | |||
| TDP | 300W | 170W | |
