AMD Radeon HD 6680G2
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Radeon HD 6680G2
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6870

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6680G2 and AMD Radeon HD 6870. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

766
Place in performance rating
449
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Value for money (0-100)
16.67
Terascale 2
Architecture
Terascale 2
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Code name
Barts
Laptop
Type
Desktop
14 June 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
22 October 2010 (11 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$239
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Price now
$164 (0.7x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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Value for money
2.62
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GPU code name
RV940 Barts
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 6680G2 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

800
Pipelines
1120
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Boost Clock
900 MHz
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Transistor count
1,700 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
151 Watt
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Texture fill rate
50.40
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Floating-point performance
2,016.0 gflops
800
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1120
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Boost clock speed
900 MHz
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Number of transistors
1,700 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
151 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 6680G2 and AMD Radeon HD 6870.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
220 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
medium sized
Laptop size
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Bus support
PCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 6680G2 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1050 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
134.4 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6680G2 and AMD Radeon HD 6870, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 6680G2 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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Enduro
-

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 6680G2 and AMD Radeon HD 6870. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
DirectX
DirectX® 11
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OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
5.0
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6680G2 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 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 6680G2 or AMD Radeon HD 6870 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6680G2
AMD Radeon HD 6870
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6680G2
AMD Radeon HD 6870
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6680G2
AMD Radeon HD 6870
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6680G2
AMD Radeon HD 6870
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6680G2
AMD Radeon HD 6870
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5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6680G2

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6870

7.77% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1120 vs 800)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6680G2 or AMD Radeon HD 6870?

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

AMD Radeon HD 6680G2 versus AMD Radeon HD 6870 performance benchmarks comparison

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