NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition vs AMD Radeon HD 6870

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition and AMD Radeon HD 6870. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G92BGPU NameBarts
G92-421-B1Model numberBarts XT
(215-0798000)
TeslaArchitectureTeraScale 2
TSMCFoundryTSMC
55 nmProcess Size40 nm
754 millionTransistors1,700 million
260 mm²Die Size255 mm²

Graphics Card

Feb 16th, 2010Release DateOct 21st, 2010
GeForce 200FamilyNorthern Islands
(HD 6800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 9PredecessorEvergreen
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

896 MBMemory Size1024 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR5
448 bitMemory Bus256 bit
127.0 GB/sBandwidth134.4 GB/s

Performance

17.72 GPixel/sPixel fillrate28.80 GPixel/s
50.64 GTexel/sTexture fillrate50.40 GTexel/s
622.1 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.016 TFLOPS

Clock Speeds

1134 MHz
2.3 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1050 MHz
4.2 Gbps effective
633 MHzGPU Clock900 MHz

Render Config

240Shading Units1120
80TMUs56
28ROPs32
224 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
267 mm
10.5 inches
Length247 mm
9.7 inches
219 WThermal design power (TDP)151 W
550 WSuggested PSU450 W
2x DVIDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
2x mini-DisplayPort
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors2x 6-pin

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX11.2 (11_0)
3.3OpenGL4.4
1.1OpenCL1.2
N/AVulkanN/A
4.0Shader Model5.0