AMD Radeon HD 6850 videocard review
Radeon HD 6850 videocard released by AMD; release date: 21 October 2010. At the time of release, the videocard cost $179. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Barts.
Texture fill rate - 37.2 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 960. Floating-point performance - 1,488.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 127 Watt.
Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory bandwidth - 128.0 GB / s.
Benchmarks
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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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| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score |
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| Name | Value |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1966 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 433 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection | 13.033 mPixels/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation | 946.933 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex | 1.333 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition | 32.609 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining | 139.450 mHash/s |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 3489 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 3708 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 3348 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 3489.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 3708.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 3348.000 Fps |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 |
| Code name | Barts |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series |
| Launch date | 21 October 2010 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $179 |
| Place in performance rating | 839 |
| Price now | $99.99 |
| Type | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 28.63 |
Technical info |
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| Floating-point performance | 1,488.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 960 |
| Texture fill rate | 37.2 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 127 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,700 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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| Dual-link DVI support | |
| Eyefinity | |
| VGA | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | AGP |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 198 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | |
| CrossFire | |
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