UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) vs Radeon HD 6870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6870 with UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU), including specs and performance data.

HD 6870
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 151 Watt
5.62
+82.5%

HD 6870 outperforms UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) by an impressive 82% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking609760
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.98no data
Power efficiency2.618.65
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameBartsIce Lake G1 Gen. 11
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date21 October 2010 (14 years ago)28 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$239 no data

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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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 cores112032
Core clock speedno data300 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)151 Watt12-25 Watt
Texture fill rate50.40no data
Floating-point processing power2.016 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs56no 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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
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 typeGDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1050 MHzno data
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 data
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
Quick Syncno data+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112_1
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no data

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.

HD 6870 5.62
+82.5%
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 3.08

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
+98.3%
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 2127

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
+103%
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 8750

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD 6870 3141
+107%
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 1521

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD 6870 26437
+138%
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 11097

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:

900p57
+90%
30−35
−90%
Full HD63
+385%
13
−385%
1200p39
+85.7%
21−24
−85.7%
4K16−18
+77.8%
9
−77.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.79no data
4K14.94no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
+62.5%
8
−62.5%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
+85.7%
7−8
−85.7%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+188%
8
−188%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Fortnite 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+78.6%
14−16
−78.6%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+53.8%
12−14
−53.8%
Valorant 60−65
+36.2%
45−50
−36.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
+85.7%
7−8
−85.7%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+130%
10−11
−130%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 189
+530%
30
−530%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Dota 2 45−50
+105%
22
−105%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Fortnite 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+78.6%
14−16
−78.6%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
+171%
7
−171%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+400%
2
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+53.8%
12−14
−53.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+50%
10
−50%
Valorant 60−65
+36.2%
45−50
−36.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
+130%
10−11
−130%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Dota 2 45−50
+125%
20
−125%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+78.6%
14−16
−78.6%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+53.8%
12−14
−53.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+200%
5
−200%
Valorant 60−65
+36.2%
45−50
−36.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
+86.4%
21−24
−86.4%
Grand Theft Auto V 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+59.1%
21−24
−59.1%
Valorant 60−65
+110%
27−30
−110%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+85.7%
7−8
−85.7%
Forza Horizon 5 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+6.3%
16−18
−6.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Valorant 27−30
+80%
14−16
−80%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Dota 2 18−20
+111%
9
−111%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

This is how HD 6870 and UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) compete in popular games:

  • HD 6870 is 90% faster in 900p
  • HD 6870 is 385% faster in 1080p
  • HD 6870 is 86% faster in 1200p
  • HD 6870 is 78% faster in 4K

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

  • in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 6870 is 530% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6870 is ahead in 60 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.62 3.08
Recency 21 October 2010 28 May 2019
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 12 Watt

HD 6870 has a 82.5% higher aggregate performance score.

UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 1158.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6870 is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6870 is a desktop card while UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) is a notebook one.

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