Radeon RX 6700 vs 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 ranking | not rated | 90 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 19.84 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Cypress | Navi 22 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 14 January 2013 (12 years ago) | 9 June 2021 (4 years ago) |
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 cores | 1600 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 1941 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | 17,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 175 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 68.00 | 352.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.72 TFLOPS | 11.29 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | 144 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 576 KB |
| L1 Cache | 160 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 3 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 80 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 282 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 8-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 10 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 160 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1050 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 134.4 GB/s | 320.0 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 January 2013 | 9 June 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 10 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 7 nm |
RX 6700 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
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