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
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
16260
7.98%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
16221
8.24%
GeForce 9800 GX2
15623
12.38%
GeForce GTX 280
14904
17.80%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
14215
23.51%
GeForce GTX 260
13701
28.14%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
13355
31.46%
GeForce 9800 GTX
12759
37.60%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
11842
48.26%
GeForce 9800 GT
11471
53.06%
Radeon HD 3870
10694
64.18%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – Low
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
17414
GeForce 9800 GX2
15547
12.01%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
15489
12.43%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
15486
12.45%
GeForce GTX 280
14215
22.50%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
13017
33.78%
GeForce GTX 260
12668
37.46%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
12206
42.67%
GeForce 9800 GTX
11631
49.72%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
10691
62.88%
GeForce 9800 GT
10253
69.84%
Radeon HD 3870
9454
84.20%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – Low
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
15920
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
14146
12.54%
GeForce 9800 GX2
13015
22.32%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
12315
29.27%
GeForce GTX 280
11766
35.31%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
10159
56.71%
GeForce GTX 260
9894
60.91%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
9365
69.99%
GeForce 9800 GTX
8743
82.09%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
8077
97.10%
GeForce 9800 GT
7679
107.32%
Radeon HD 3870
6823
133.33%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1680×1050 – High
Score
Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
16260
0.78%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
16134
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
13946
15.69%
GeForce 9800 GX2
13900
16.07%
GeForce GTX 280
12157
32.71%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
11063
45.84%
GeForce GTX 260
10617
51.96%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
9391
71.80%
GeForce 9800 GTX
8981
79.65%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
8881
81.67%
GeForce 9800 GT
7899
104.25%
Radeon HD 3870
6915
133.32%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – High
Score
Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
15489
1.15%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
15313
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
13091
16.97%
GeForce 9800 GX2
12213
25.38%
GeForce GTX 280
10991
39.32%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
10014
52.92%
GeForce GTX 260
9450
62.04%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
8144
88.03%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
7972
92.08%
GeForce 9800 GTX
7811
96.04%
GeForce 9800 GT
6826
124.33%
Radeon HD 3870
6114
150.46%
3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – High
Score
Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2
12479
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
12315
1.33%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI
10893
14.56%
GeForce 9800 GX2
9829
26.96%
GeForce GTX 280
8704
43.37%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870
7550
65.28%
GeForce GTX 260
7285
71.30%
GeForce 9800 GTX+
6065
105.75%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
5896
111.65%
GeForce 9800 GTX
5774
116.12%
GeForce 9800 GT
5045
147.35%
Radeon HD 3870
4319
188.93%