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
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
16260
41.75%
GeForce 9800 GX2
15623
36.20%
GeForce GTX 280
14904
29.93%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
14215
23.92%
GeForce GTX 260
13701
19.44%
GeForce 9800 GTX
12759
11.23%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
11842
3.23%
GeForce 8800 GT
11515
0.38%
GeForce 9800 GT
11471
Radeon HD 3870
10694
7.27%
GeForce 8800 GTS
8982
27.71%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – Low
Score
Difference
GeForce 9800 GX2
15547
51.63%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
15489
51.07%
GeForce GTX 280
14215
38.64%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
13017
26.96%
GeForce GTX 260
12668
23.55%
GeForce 9800 GTX
11631
13.44%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
10691
4.27%
GeForce 8800 GT
10352
0.97%
GeForce 9800 GT
10253
Radeon HD 3870
9454
8.45%
GeForce 8800 GTS
7942
29.10%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – Low
Score
Difference
GeForce 9800 GX2
13015
69.49%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
12315
60.37%
GeForce GTX 280
11766
53.22%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
10159
32.30%
GeForce GTX 260
9894
28.84%
GeForce 9800 GTX
8743
13.86%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
8077
5.18%
GeForce 8800 GT
7721
0.55%
GeForce 9800 GT
7679
Radeon HD 3870
6823
12.55%
GeForce 8800 GTS
5784
32.76%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1680×1050 – High
Score
Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
16260
105.85%
GeForce 9800 GX2
13900
75.97%
GeForce GTX 280
12157
53.91%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
11063
40.06%
GeForce GTX 260
10617
34.41%
GeForce 9800 GTX
8981
13.70%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
8881
12.43%
GeForce 8800 GT
7987
1.11%
GeForce 9800 GT
7899
Radeon HD 3870
6915
14.23%
GeForce 8800 GTS
6371
23.98%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – High
Score
Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
15489
126.91%
GeForce 9800 GX2
12213
78.92%
GeForce GTX 280
10991
61.02%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
10014
46.70%
GeForce GTX 260
9450
38.44%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
7972
16.79%
GeForce 9800 GTX
7811
14.43%
GeForce 8800 GT
6957
1.92%
GeForce 9800 GT
6826
Radeon HD 3870
6114
11.65%
GeForce 8800 GTS
5323
28.24%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – High
Score
Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
12315
144.10%
GeForce 9800 GX2
9829
94.83%
GeForce GTX 280
8704
72.53%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
7550
49.65%
GeForce GTX 260
7285
44.40%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
5896
16.87%
GeForce 9800 GTX
5774
14.45%
GeForce 8800 GT
5129
1.67%
GeForce 9800 GT
5045
Radeon HD 3870
4319
16.81%