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AMD logo Radeon HD 6870
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AMD Radeon HD 6870 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE logo
General information Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GTX 460 SE
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 2048 MB 0 % 1024 MB 50 %
Core Clock 900 MHz 0 % 650 MHz 27.8 %
Effective Clock 1159 MHz 71.1 % 4008 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 W 0 % 150 W 0.7 %
Length 289 mm 0 % 241 mm 16.6 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GTX 460 SE
Overall Score 23945 0 % 22790 4.8 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5734 0 % 5194 9.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 409 0 % 368 10 %
Average DirectX performance 21 FPS 0 % 19.7 FPS 6.3 %
DirectX 9 performance 53.1 FPS 0 % 46.7 FPS 12 %
DirectX 10 performance 15.1 FPS 0 % 8.1 FPS 46.7 %
DirectX 11 performance 16 FPS 6.4 % 17.1 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 0 FPS 100 % 7 FPS 0 %
Graphic card computing 1031.7 operations/s 0 % 764.9 operations/s 25.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 6870, GeForce GTX 460 SE.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GTX 460 SE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 45.2 FPS 42.2 FPS
High settings 81.4 FPS 76.0 FPS
Medium settings 97.7 FPS 91.2 FPS
Low settings 136.8 FPS 127.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.7 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon HD 6870, GeForce GTX 460 SE.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GTX 460 SE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 38.9 FPS 36.9 FPS
High settings 70.1 FPS 66.5 FPS
Medium settings 84.1 FPS 79.8 FPS
Low settings 117.7 FPS 111.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.1 %
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