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
4.95%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
16729
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
16260
2.88%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
16221
3.13%
GeForce 9800 GX2
15623
7.08%
GeForce GTX 280
14904
12.25%
Radeon HD 4870
14215
17.69%
GeForce GTX 260
13701
22.10%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
13355
25.26%
GeForce 9800 GTX
12759
31.12%
Radeon HD 4850
11842
41.27%
GeForce 9800 GT
11471
45.84%
Radeon HD 4830
10898
53.51%
Radeon HD 3870
10694
56.43%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – Low
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
17414
6.87%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
16294
GeForce 9800 GX2
15547
4.80%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
15489
5.20%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
15486
5.22%
GeForce GTX 280
14215
14.63%
Radeon HD 4870
13017
25.17%
GeForce GTX 260
12668
28.62%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
12206
33.49%
GeForce 9800 GTX
11631
40.09%
Radeon HD 4850
10691
52.41%
GeForce 9800 GT
10253
58.92%
Radeon HD 4830
9787
66.49%
Radeon HD 3870
9454
72.35%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – Low
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
15920
12.59%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
14146
0.05%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
14140
GeForce 9800 GX2
13015
8.64%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
12315
14.82%
GeForce GTX 280
11766
20.18%
Radeon HD 4870
10159
39.19%
GeForce GTX 260
9894
42.91%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
9365
50.99%
GeForce 9800 GTX
8743
61.73%
Radeon HD 4850
8077
75.06%
GeForce 9800 GT
7679
84.14%
Radeon HD 4830
7308
93.49%
Radeon HD 3870
6823
107.24%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1680×1050 – High
Score
Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
16260
8.42%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
16134
7.58%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
14997
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
13946
7.54%
GeForce 9800 GX2
13900
7.89%
GeForce GTX 280
12157
23.36%
Radeon HD 4870
11063
35.56%
GeForce GTX 260
10617
41.25%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
9391
59.70%
GeForce 9800 GTX
8981
66.99%
Radeon HD 4850
8881
68.87%
Radeon HD 4830
7943
88.81%
GeForce 9800 GT
7899
89.86%
Radeon HD 3870
6915
116.88%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – High
Score
Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
15489
12.17%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
15313
10.89%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
13809
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
13091
5.48%
GeForce 9800 GX2
12213
13.07%
GeForce GTX 280
10991
25.64%
Radeon HD 4870
10014
37.90%
GeForce GTX 260
9450
4
6.13%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
8144
69.56%
Radeon HD 4850
7972
73.22%
GeForce 9800 GTX
7811
76.79%
Radeon HD 4830
7109
94.25%
GeForce 9800 GT
6826
102.30%
Radeon HD 3870
6114
125.86%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – High
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
12479
14.97%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
12315
13.46%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
10893
0.36%
Radeon HD 4850 X2
10854
GeForce 9800 GX2
9829
10.43%
GeForce GTX 280
8704
24.70%
Radeon HD 4870
7550
43.76%
GeForce GTX 260
7285
48.99%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
6065
78.96%
Radeon HD 4850
5896
84.09%
GeForce 9800 GTX
5774
87.98%
Radeon HD 4830
5213
108.21%
GeForce 9800 GT
5045
115.14%
Radeon HD 3870
4319
151.31%