AMD Radeon HD 6790 videocard review
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 |
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PassMark G2D Mark |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Face Detection |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Ocean Surface Simulation |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop T-Rex |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Video Composition |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Bitcoin Mining |
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GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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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, 1920x1080 | 55.00 |
Metro 2033 (2010)
High, 1600x900 | 52.00 |
Ultra, 1920x1080 | 16.00 |
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)
High, 1280x1024 | 62.80 |
Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)
Ultra, 1920x1080 | 62.00 |
Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)
Ultra, 1920x1080 | 52.00 |
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
High, 1024x768 | 89.00 |
Ultra, 1920x1080 | 26.00 |
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
Ultra, 1920x1080 | 55.00 |
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)
High, 1024x768 | 266.00 |
World of Warcraft (2005)
High, 1280x1024 | 78.00 |
Doom 3 (2004)
Ultra, 1024x768 | 240.00 |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 198 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 134.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 4200 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 |