AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 videocard review

Radeon HD 6850 X2 videocard released by AMD; release date: 19 September 2011. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Barts.

Core clock speed - 800 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 960. Floating-point performance - 2x 1,536.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 254 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 2 GB. Memory bus width - 2x 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 134.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345616

3977

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

95.851 Frames/s

0.789 Frames/s

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

373

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38582

2534

Name	Value
Geekbench - OpenCL	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	0.789 Frames/s
PassMark - G2D Mark	373
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2
Code name	Barts
Launch date	19 September 2011
Place in performance rating	721
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 960
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	254 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
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5