AMD Radeon HD 6970 videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 6970

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
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
2832
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
428
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
35739
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
18.676 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
920.398 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.835 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
52.219 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
273.175 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
5372 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3716 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3358 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
5372.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3716.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3358.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
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

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

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

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 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1375 MHz
Memory type DDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire