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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| Name | Value |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2839 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 432 |
| 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 | 662 |
| 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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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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