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
61.10%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
16260
49.20%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
16221
48.84%
GeForce 9800 GX2
15623
43.36%
GeForce GTX 280
14904
36.76%
Radeon HD 4870
14215
30.44%
GeForce GTX 260
13701
25.72%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
13355
22.55%
GeForce 9800 GTX
12759
17.08%
Radeon HD 4850
11842
8.66%
GeForce 9800 GT
11471
5.26%
Radeon HD 4830
10898
Radeon HD 3870
10694
1.91%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – Low
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
17414
77.93%
GeForce 9800 GX2
15547
58.85%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
15489
58.26%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
15486
58.23%
GeForce GTX 280
14215
45.24%
Radeon HD 4870
13017
33.00%
GeForce GTX 260
12668
29.44%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
12206
24.72%
GeForce 9800 GTX
11631
18.84%
Radeon HD 4850
10691
9.24%
GeForce 9800 GT
10253
4.76%
Radeon HD 4830
9787
Radeon HD 3870
9454
3.52%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – Low
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
15920
117.84%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
14146
93.57%
GeForce 9800 GX2
13015
78.09%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
12315
68.51%
GeForce GTX 280
11766
61.00%
Radeon HD 4870
10159
39.01%
GeForce GTX 260
9894
35.39%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
9365
28.15%
GeForce 9800 GTX
8743
19.64%
Radeon HD 4850
8077
10.52%
GeForce 9800 GT
7679
5.08%
Radeon HD 4830
7308
Radeon HD 3870
6823
7.11%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1680×1050 – High
Score
Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
16260
104.71%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
16134
103.12%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
13946
75.58%
GeForce 9800 GX2
13900
75.00%
GeForce GTX 280
12157
53.05%
Radeon HD 4870
11063
39.28%
GeForce GTX 260
10617
33.66%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
9391
18.23%
GeForce 9800 GTX
8981
13.07%
Radeon HD 4850
8881
11.81%
Radeon HD 4830
7943
GeForce 9800 GT
7899
0.56%
Radeon HD 3870
6915
14.87%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – High
Score
Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
15489
117.88%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
15313
115.40%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
13091
84.15%
GeForce 9800 GX2
12213
71.80%
GeForce GTX 280
10991
54.61%
Radeon HD 4870
10014
40.86%
GeForce GTX 260
9450
32.93%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
8144
14.56%
Radeon HD 4850
7972
12.14%
GeForce 9800 GTX
7811
9.87%
Radeon HD 4830
7109
GeForce 9800 GT
6826
4.15%
Radeon HD 3870
6114
16.27%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – High
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
12479
139.38%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
12315
136.24%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
10893
108.96%
GeForce 9800 GX2
9829
88.55%
GeForce GTX 280
8704
66.97%
Radeon HD 4870
7550
44.83%
GeForce GTX 260
7285
39.75%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
6065
16.34%
Radeon HD 4850
5896
13.10%
GeForce 9800 GTX
5774
10.76%
Radeon HD 4830
5213
GeForce 9800 GT
5045
3.33%
Radeon HD 3870
4319
20.70%