AMD Radeon HD 6870 videocard review
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 |
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| Geekbench OpenCL |
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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 | 2220 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 407 |
| 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 | 1.344 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, 1024x768 | 69.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 35.70 |
| High, 1366x768 | 18.40 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 14.30 |
Company of Heroes 2 (2013)
| Low, 1024x768 | 51.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 47.30 |
| High, 1366x768 | 29.20 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 12.30 |
Dirt Showdown (2012)
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 42.00 |
Diablo III (2012)
| Low, 1024x768 | 280.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 227.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 201.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 127.00 |
Mass Effect 3 (2012)
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 59.70 |
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
| Low, 1280x720 | 71.00 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 66.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 53.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 43.00 |
Battlefield 3 (2011)
| Low, 1024x768 | 106.50 |
| Medium, 1366x768 | 80.00 |
| High, 1366x768 | 68.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 28.00 |
Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)
| High, 1366x768 | 88.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 64.00 |
StarCraft 2 (2010)
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 80.00 |
Metro 2033 (2010)
| High, 1600x900 | 70.00 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 23.00 |
Stalker: Call of Pripyat (2010)
| Ultra, 1920x1200 | 39.00 |
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)
| High, 1280x1024 | 62.90 |
Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 73.30 |
Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 54.90 |
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
| High, 1024x768 | 98.40 |
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 36.60 |
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
| Ultra, 1920x1080 | 59.00 |
World of Warcraft (2005)
| High, 1280x1024 | 94.00 |
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) | $239 |
| Place in performance rating | 824 |
| Price now | $89.99 |
| Type | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 38.38 |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 220 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 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 | 134.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1050 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | |
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