3DMark06 Professional
3DMark06 measures Shader 3.0 (i.e., DirectX 9.0c) performance. We run this software under three 16:10 widescreen resolutions, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, and 2560×1600, first with no image quality enhancements enabled – results we call “low” on the charts and tables below –, then setting 4x anti-aliasing and 16x anisotropic filtering. See the results below.
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1680×1050 – Low
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
17557
20.34%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
16729
14.67%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
16260
11.45%
GeForce 9800 GX2
15623
7.09%
GeForce GTX 280
14904
2.16%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)
14589
Radeon HD 4870
14215
2.63%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)
13701
6.48%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
13355
9.24%
GeForce 9800 GTX
12759
14.34%
Radeon HD 4850
11842
23.20%
GeForce 9800 GT
11471
27.18%
Radeon HD 4830
10898
33.87%
Radeon HD 3870
10694
36.42%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – Low
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
17414
31.26%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
16294
22.82%
GeForce 9800 GX2
15547
17.19%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
15489
16.75%
GeForce GTX 280
14215
7.15%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)
13267
Radeon HD 4870
13017
1.92%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)
12668
4.73%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
12206
8.69%
GeForce 9800 GTX
11631
14.07%
Radeon HD 4850
10691
24.10%
GeForce 9800 GT
10253
29.40%
Radeon HD 4830
9787
35.56%
Radeon HD 3870
9454
40.33%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – Low
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
15920
50.64%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
14140
33.80%
GeForce 9800 GX2
13015
23.15%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
12315
16.53%
GeForce GTX 280
11766
11.34%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)
10568
Radeon HD 4870
10159
4.03%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)
9894
6.81%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
9365
12.85%
GeForce 9800 GTX
8743
20.87%
Radeon HD 4850
8077
30.84%
GeForce 9800 GT
7679
37.62%
Radeon HD 4830
7308
44.61%
Radeon HD 3870
6823
54.89%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1680×1050 – High
Score
Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
16260
46.65%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
16134
45.51%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
14997
35.25%
GeForce 9800 GX2
13900
25.36%
GeForce GTX 280
12157
9.64%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)
11088
Radeon HD 4870
11063
0.23%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)
10617
4.44%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
9391
18.07%
GeForce 9800 GTX
8981
23.46%
Radeon HD 4850
8881
24.85%
Radeon HD 4830
7943
39.59%
GeForce 9800 GT
7899
40.37%
Radeon HD 3870
6915
60.35%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – High
Score
Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
15489
56.39%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
15313
54.61%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
13809
39.43%
GeForce 9800 GX2
12213
23.31%
GeForce GTX 280
10991
10.98%
Radeon HD 4870
10014
1.11%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)
9904
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)
9450
4.80%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
8144
21.61%
Radeon HD 4850
7972
24.23%
GeForce 9800 GTX
7811
26.80%
Radeon HD 4830
7109
39.32%
GeForce 9800 GT
6826
45.09%
Radeon HD 3870
6114
61.99%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – High
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
12479
61.92%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
12315
59.79%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
10854
40.83%
GeForce 9800 GX2
9829
27.53%
GeForce GTX 280
8704
12.94%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)
7707
Radeon HD 4870
7550
2.08%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)
7285
5.79%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
6065
27.07%
Radeon HD 4850
5896
30.72%
GeForce 9800 GTX
5774
33.48%
Radeon HD 4830
5213
47.84%
GeForce 9800 GT
5045
52.77%
Radeon HD 3870
4319
78.44%