Radeon HD 6870 and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon HD 6870 vs GeForce GT 720
Radeon HD 6870
2285
GeForce GT 720
628
Radeon HD 6870
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
RV940 Barts
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2010
September 2014
Bus support
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
900 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
797 MHz
CUDA cores
-
192
Floating-point performance
2,016.0 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,700 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1120
192
Power consumption (TDP)
151 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
50.40
12.75
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1050 MHz
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
134.4 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
-
3 displays
Eyefinity
1
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
DisplayPort support
-
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
DirectX® 11
12 (11_0)
CUDA
-
+
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.4
4.4
Shader Model
5.0
5.1
Vulkan
-
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+
AppAcceleration
-
-
CrossFire
1
-
Enduro
-
-
HD3D
-
-
PowerTune
-
-
TrueAudio
-
-
ZeroCore
-
-