AMD Radeon HD 6850 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

AMD Radeon HD 6850 $179
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 $349
960 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
775MHz
448 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
608MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.49 TFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
1.09 TOPS
INT32
FP32
1.49 TFLOPS
FP32
1.09 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
127W
TDP
215W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin

Peak AI Performance

  • 37% faster vs GeForce GTX 470
  • 27% slower vs Radeon HD 6850
Radeon HD 6850 - 1.49 TFLOPS FP32
x1.37
GeForce GTX 470 - 1.09 TOPS INT32
x1

FP32

  • 37% faster vs GeForce GTX 470
  • 27% slower vs Radeon HD 6850
Radeon HD 6850 - 1.49 TFLOPS FP32
x1.37
GeForce GTX 470 - 1.09 TFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 4% slower vs GeForce GTX 470
  • 5% faster vs Radeon HD 6850
Radeon HD 6850 - 128GB/s
x1
GeForce GTX 470 - 133.9GB/s
x1.05
  • 41% lower vs GeForce GTX 470
  • 69% higher vs Radeon HD 6850
Radeon HD 6850 - 127W
x1
GeForce GTX 470 - 215W
x1.69
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Fermi
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Family
GeForce 400
Codename
Barts
RV940
Variant
Barts Pro
Codename
NVC0
GF100
Variant
GF100-275-A3
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/22/2010
Release Date
3/26/2010
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
40nm
Fabrication Node
40nm
Die Size
255 mm²
Die Size
529 mm²
Transistor Count
1.7 Billion
Transistor Count
3 Billion
Transistor Density
6.67M/mm²
Transistor Density
5.67M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
960 Shaders
Shading Units
448 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
56 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
40 ROPs
-
-
Streaming Multiprocessors
14 SMs
Compute Units
12 CUs
-
-
-
775MHz
1215MHz Shader
608MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.49 TFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
1.09 TOPS
INT32
FP32
1.49 TFLOPS
FP32
1.09 TFLOPS
-
-
FP64
140 GFLOPS
-
-
INT32
1.09 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
24.8 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
24.32 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
37.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
34.048 GTexel/s
L1
-
8KB/CU
L1
64KB/SM
-
L2
512KB Shared
L2
768KB Shared
1GB
GDDR5
1GB
GDDR5
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
320Bit
Clock
1000MHz
Transfer Rate
4GT/s
Bandwidth
128GB/s
Clock
837MHz
Transfer Rate
3.3GT/s
Bandwidth
133.9GB/s
TDP
127W
TDP
215W
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
-
1x HDMI 1.3
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
-
1x mini-HDMI 1.3
-
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
No Encoders
No Encoders
Model
UVD 3.0
No Decoders
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
-
-
-
-
-
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
Shader Model
5.0
-
-
GFX
4
-
-
-
-
Shader Model
5.1
CUDA
2.0
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP4
VDPAU
Feature Set C
1x Fan
1x Fan
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
247 mm (9.72 in)
Depth
36 mm (1.42 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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