AMD Radeon HD 6870 videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 6870

Radeon HD 6870 videocard released by AMD; release date: 21 October 2010. At the time of release, the videocard cost $239. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Barts.

Boost clock speed - 900 MHz. Texture fill rate - 50.4 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1120. Floating-point performance - 2,016.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 151 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1050 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 134.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
2216
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
410
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
16.410 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
857.798 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.346 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
45.514 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
184.410 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
4238 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3711 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3349 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
4238.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3711.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3349.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 2216
PassMark - G2D Mark 410
Geekbench - OpenCL 4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 16.410 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 857.798 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.346 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 45.514 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 184.410 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 4238 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3711 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3349 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 4238.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3711.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3349.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x76869.00
Medium, 1366x76835.70
High, 1366x76818.40
Ultra, 1920x108014.30

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76851.00
Medium, 1366x76847.30
High, 1366x76829.20
Ultra, 1920x108012.30

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Ultra, 1920x108042.00

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768280.00
Medium, 1366x768227.00
High, 1366x768201.00
Ultra, 1920x1080127.00

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Ultra, 1920x108059.70

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72071.00
Medium, 1366x76866.00
High, 1366x76853.00
Ultra, 1920x108043.00

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768106.50
Medium, 1366x76880.00
High, 1366x76868.00
Ultra, 1920x108028.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

High, 1366x76888.00
Ultra, 1920x108064.00

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Ultra, 1920x108080.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

High, 1600x90070.00
Ultra, 1920x108023.00

Stalker: Call of Pripyat (2010)

Ultra, 1920x120039.00

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

High, 1280x102462.90

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Ultra, 1920x108073.30

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Ultra, 1920x108054.90

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

High, 1024x76898.40
Ultra, 1920x108036.60

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Ultra, 1920x108059.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

High, 1280x102494.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2
Code name Barts
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 21 October 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $239
Place in performance rating 840
Price now $89.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 38.38

Technical info

Boost clock speed 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 1120
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 Watt
Transistor count 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 220 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire