Radeon HD 6480G vs HD 6870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6870 with Radeon HD 6480G, including specs and performance data.

HD 6870
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 151 Watt
5.75
+771%

HD 6870 outperforms HD 6480G by a whopping 771% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5971185
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.00no data
Power efficiency2.611.29
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBartsSumo
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date21 October 2010 (14 years ago)14 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$239 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1120240
Core clock speedno data444 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,700 million1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)151 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate50.405.328
Floating-point processing power2.016 TFLOPS0.2131 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs5612

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 x16IGP
Length220 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1050 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth134.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1111.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 6870 5.75
+771%
HD 6480G 0.66

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6870 2216
+766%
HD 6480G 256

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 6870 4218
+803%
HD 6480G 467

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 6870 17773
+1026%
HD 6480G 1578

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p61
+771%
7−8
−771%
Full HD62
+786%
7−8
−786%
1200p39
+875%
4−5
−875%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.85no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8 0−1
Battlefield 5 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Hitman 3 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+227%
10−12
−227%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+233%
6−7
−233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+63.3%
30−33
−63.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8 0−1
Battlefield 5 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Hitman 3 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+227%
10−12
−227%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+233%
6−7
−233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+90%
10−11
−90%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+63.3%
30−33
−63.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Hitman 3 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+227%
10−12
−227%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+233%
6−7
−233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+90%
10−11
−90%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+63.3%
30−33
−63.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Hitman 3 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+1700%
2−3
−1700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5 0−1
Hitman 3 2−3 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

This is how HD 6870 and HD 6480G compete in popular games:

  • HD 6870 is 771% faster in 900p
  • HD 6870 is 786% faster in 1080p
  • HD 6870 is 875% faster in 1200p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6870 is 1700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, HD 6870 surpassed HD 6480G in all 35 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.75 0.66
Recency 21 October 2010 14 June 2011
Chip lithography 40 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 35 Watt

HD 6870 has a 771.2% higher aggregate performance score.

HD 6480G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 331.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6870 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6480G in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6870 is a desktop card while Radeon HD 6480G is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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