Radeon HD 6850 vs GeForce GTX 470

Radeon HD 6850
GeForce GTX 470
960 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
775MHz
448 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
608MHz
FP32
1.49 TFLOPS
FP32
1.09 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
127W
TDP
215W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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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
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Die Size
255 mm²
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Die Size
529 mm²
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Transistor Count
1.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
3 Billion
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Transistor Density
6.67M/mm²
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Transistor Density
5.67M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
960 Shaders
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Shading Units
448 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
56 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
40 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
14 SMs
Compute Units
12 CUs
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775MHz
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1215MHz Shader
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608MHz
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FP32
1.49 TFLOPS
FP32
1.09 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.09 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
24.8 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
24.32 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
37.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
34.048 GTexel/s
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L1
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64KB/SM
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
768KB Shared
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1GB
GDDR5
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1GB
GDDR5
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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
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TDP
127W
TDP
215W
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
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1x HDMI 1.3
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x mini-HDMI 1.3
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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Model
UVD 3.0
No Decoders
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
4
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Shader Model
5.1
CUDA
2.0
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PureVideo HD
VP4
VDPAU
Feature Set C
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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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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