RTX 2000 Ada Generation 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 performance rankingnot rated63
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameCypressAD107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 January 2013 (11 years ago)12 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16002816
Core clock speed850 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2130 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate68.00187.4
Floating-point performance2,720 gflopsno data

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 x8
Length282 mm168 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4200 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth134.4 GB/s256.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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
CUDAno data8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 January 2013 12 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 70 Watt

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