AMD Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition videocard review

Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition videocard released by AMD; release date: 21 August 2012. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Cypress.

Core clock speed - 725 MHz. Texture fill rate - 52.2 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1440. Floating-point performance - 2,088 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 2,154 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 151 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 128.0 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cypress
Launch date	21 August 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,088 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	1440
Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 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	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5