GeForce RTX 2060 TU104 vs Radeon HD 6870

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking647not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.83no data
Power efficiency2.65no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameBartsTU104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date21 October 2010 (14 years ago)10 January 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$239 $349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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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 cores11201920
Core clock speedno data1365 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz1680 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)151 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate50.40201.6
Floating-point processing power2.016 TFLOPS6.451 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs56120
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data30
L1 Cache224 KB1.9 MB
L2 Cache512 KB3 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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length220 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth134.4 GB/s336.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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HDMI++

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-7.5
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 October 2010 10 January 2020
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 160 Watt

HD 6870 has 6% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 TU104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6870 and GeForce RTX 2060 TU104. We've got no test results to judge.

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