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AMD logo Radeon HD 6870
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GT 720

AMD Radeon HD 6870 logo NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 logo
General information Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GT 720
Launched Q3 2012 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x8
Memory 2048 MB 0 % 2048 MB 0 %
Core Clock 900 MHz 0 % 797 MHz 11.4 %
Effective Clock 1159 MHz 76.8 % 5000 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 W 0 % 19 W 87.4 %
Length 289 mm 0 % 167 mm 42.2 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 1 50 %
Performance Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GT 720
Overall Score 23957 0 % 12561 47.6 %
Future Proof 21 % 36.4 % 33 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5739 0 % 1578 72.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 404.6 0 % 199.4 50.7 %
Average DirectX performance 21.1 FPS 0 % 6 FPS 71.5 %
DirectX 9 performance 53.2 FPS 0 % 14 FPS 73.6 %
DirectX 10 performance 15.1 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 86.7 %
DirectX 11 performance 16 FPS 0 % 5 FPS 68.8 %
DirectX 12 performance 0 FPS 100 % 3 FPS 0 %
Graphic card computing 1047.3 operations/s 0 % 370.8 operations/s 64.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 6870, GeForce GT 720.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GT 720
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 44.9 FPS 17.7 FPS
High settings 80.8 FPS 31.8 FPS
Medium settings 96.9 FPS 38.1 FPS
Low settings 135.7 FPS 53.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 60.7 %

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 GT 720.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GT 720
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 38.8 FPS 18.8 FPS
High settings 69.8 FPS 33.8 FPS
Medium settings 83.8 FPS 40.6 FPS
Low settings 117.3 FPS 56.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 51.6 %
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