AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

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
345083
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
38590
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 720
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