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    Radeon HD 6870 vs Radeon R6 Kaveri

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6870 and Radeon R6 Kaveri. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon HD 6870 and Radeon R6 Kaveri. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    Radeon R6 Kaveri is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon R6 Kaveri is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R6 Kaveri here:

    Radeon R6 Kaveri Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6870 Radeon R6 Kaveri
    Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 6870 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 6870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - with GCN 1.1.
    • Radeon HD 6870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 −
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
    low / 720p 24−27 1−2
    medium / 1080p 12−14 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2400% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6870 Radeon R6 Kaveri
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 1.1
    Code name RV940 Barts Kaveri
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 22 October 2010 4 June 2014
    Pipelines 1120 384
    Core clock speed 533 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz 654 MHz
    Transistor count 1,700 million 2410 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 50.40
    Floating-point performance 2,016.0 gflops
    Length 220 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1050 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB/s
    Shared memory - +
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.0
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2
    Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 213 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
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