AMD Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition videocard review

Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition videocard released by AMD; release date: 25 August 2011. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Blackcomb.

Core clock speed - 680 MHz. Texture fill rate - 32.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 960. Floating-point performance - 1,305.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 3600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 115.2 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2
Code name	Blackcomb
Launch date	25 August 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	960
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5