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Graphics card overview

Radeon HD 6870

AMD

Radeon HD 6870

1024 Mb GDDR5 Released 21 Oct 2010 DESKTOP
Radeon HD 6870

Core configuration

GPUBarts
ArchitectureATI_TeraScale
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs1120 : 56 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance2016.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size1024 Mb
Memory Bus Width256 bit
Memory Speed1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth134.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 6870 is a graphics card released by AMD on 21 Oct 2010. The graphics card houses the Barts die, based on the ATI_TeraScale architecture which packs 1,700 million transistors on a 40 nm, 255 mm² die.

Radeon HD 6870 pros and cons

  • Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 7790 Radeon HD 7790 Compare GeForce GTX 560 Ti GeForce GTX 560 Ti Compare
Shader units 1120 896 384
ROPs 32 16 32
Graphics processor Barts Bonaire GF114
Process size 40 nm 28 nm 40 nm
Memory 1024 Mb GDDR5 (1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective)		 1024 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)		 1024 Mb GDDR5 (1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 134.00 Gb/s 96.00 Gb/s 128.00 Gb/s
Release date 21 Oct 2010 22 Mar 2013 25 Jan 2011

Benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti 19
  • Radeon HD 7790 19
  • Radeon HD 6870 18

FPS (higher is better)