Xbox XGPU-S vs Radeon HD 6870

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Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking561not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation0.36no data
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameRV940 BartsNV2A
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date22 October 2010 (13 years ago)15 November 2001 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$239 no data
Current price$332 (1.4x MSRP)no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1120no data
Core clock speedno data233 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,700 million57 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)151 Wattno data
Texture fill rate50.401.864
Floating-point performance2,016.0 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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 4x
Length220 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB64 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth134.4 GB/s6.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI+no data
DisplayPort support-no data

Supported GPU Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 118.1
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.41.4
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkanno dataN/A
Mantle-no data

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 22 October 2010 15 November 2001
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm

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