GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated16
Place by popularitynot in top-10028
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data69.34
Power efficiencyno data24.79
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameCypressAD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 January 2013 (12 years ago)8 January 2024 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16007168
Core clock speed850 MHz1980 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2475 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate68.00554.4
Floating-point processing power2.72 TFLOPS35.48 TFLOPS
ROPs3280
TMUs80224
Tensor Coresno data224
Ray Tracing Coresno data56

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length282 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount1 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth134.4 GB/s504.2 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 January 2013 8 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 220 Watt

HD 6870 1600SP Edition has 25.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 SUPER, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6870 1600SP Edition and GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. We've got no test results to judge.

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