AMD Radeon HD 6790 videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 6790

Radeon HD 6790 videocard released by AMD; release date: 4 April 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $149. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Barts.

Core clock speed - 840 MHz. Texture fill rate - 33.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 800. Floating-point performance - 1,344.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 150 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 134.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
1619
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
12.318 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
750.421 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.234 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
28.768 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
121.423 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3127 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3534 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3350 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3127.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3534.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3350.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1619
PassMark - G2D Mark 373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 12.318 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 750.421 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.234 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 28.768 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 121.423 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3127 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3534 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3350 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3127.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3534.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3350.000 Fps

Games performance

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Ultra, 1920x108055.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

High, 1600x90052.00
Ultra, 1920x108016.00

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

High, 1280x102462.80

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Ultra, 1920x108062.00

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Ultra, 1920x108052.00

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

High, 1024x76889.00
Ultra, 1920x108026.00

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Ultra, 1920x108055.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768266.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

High, 1280x102478.00

Doom 3 (2004)

Ultra, 1024x768240.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2
Code name Barts
Launch date 4 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $149
Place in performance rating 862
Price now $64.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 39.40

Technical info

Core clock speed 840 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 800
Texture fill rate 33.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt
Transistor count 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5