AMD Radeon HD 6970 videocard review
Radeon HD 6970 videocard released by AMD; release date: 14 December 2010. At the time of release, the videocard cost $369. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 3 microarchitecture codenamed Cayman.
Boost clock speed - 880 MHz. Texture fill rate - 84.5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1536. Floating-point performance - 2,703.4 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 2,640 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 550 Watt.
Memory type: DDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1375 MHz.
Benchmarks
PassMark G3D Mark |
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PassMark G2D 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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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2832 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 428 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 35739 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection | 18.676 mPixels/s |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation | 920.398 Frames/s |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex | 1.835 Frames/s |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition | 52.219 Frames/s |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining | 273.175 mHash/s |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 5372 Frames |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 3716 Frames |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 3358 Frames |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 5372.000 Fps |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 3716.000 Fps |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 3358.000 Fps |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 3 |
Code name | Cayman |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series |
Launch date | 14 December 2010 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $369 |
Place in performance rating | 695 |
Price now | $94.99 |
Type | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 48.01 |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 880 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2,703.4 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 1536 |
Texture fill rate | 84.5 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 550 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,640 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Eyefinity | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 |
OpenGL | 4.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz |
Memory type | DDR5 |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | |
CrossFire |