AMD Radeon HD 6870
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7770
AMD Radeon HD 6870
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7770

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6870 and AMD Radeon HD 7770. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

449
Place in performance rating
451
16.67
Value for money (0-100)
7.03
Terascale 2
Architecture
GCN
Barts
Code name
Cape Verde
Desktop
Type
Desktop
22 October 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
15 February 2012 (9 years ago)
$239
Launch price (MSRP)
$129.99
$164 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$157 (1.2x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
2.62
Value for money
2.66
RV940 Barts
GPU code name
Cape Verde
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 6870 and AMD Radeon HD 7770 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1120
Pipelines
640
no data
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
900 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,700 million
Transistor count
no data
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
151 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
50.40
Texture fill rate
40.00
2,016.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1120
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
900 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,700 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
151 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
80 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 6870 and AMD Radeon HD 7770.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
220 mm
Length
210 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support
no data

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 6870 and AMD Radeon HD 7770 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1050 MHz
Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
134.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6870 and AMD Radeon HD 7770, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
1
Eyefinity
+
+
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 6870 and AMD Radeon HD 7770 is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
+
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
-
Enduro
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 6870 and AMD Radeon HD 7770. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 11
DirectX
DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
4.4
OpenGL
no data
5.0
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6870 and AMD Radeon HD 7770 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 6870 or AMD Radeon HD 7770 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Radeon HD 7770
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Radeon HD 7770
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Radeon HD 7770
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Radeon HD 7770
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Radeon HD 7770
Legend
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 6870

0.19% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1120 vs 640)

More memory bandwidth (134.4 GB/s vs 72 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7770

Cheaper ($157 (1.2x MSRP) vs $164 (0.7x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6870 or AMD Radeon HD 7770?

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

AMD Radeon HD 6870 versus AMD Radeon HD 7770 performance benchmarks comparison

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