AMD · 2011
Radeon HD 6790
The Radeon HD 6790 is a mid-range graphics card released by AMD in 2011, based on the TeraScale 2 architecture.
The Radeon HD 6790 is a graphics card from AMD, released on April 5, 2011, with a launch MSRP of $149. It is built on the TeraScale 2 architecture and uses the Barts LE GPU chip fabricated on a 40 nm process. The card features 800 shading units, a base clock of 840 MHz, and 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 134.4 GB/s. It has a board power (TDP) of 150 W and connects via a PCIe 2.1 ×16 interface. The Radeon HD 6790 supports DirectX 11.0 and OpenGL 4.5, making it suitable for gaming and general graphics tasks of its era.
Benchmarks
| PassMark G3D Mark | 1,613 |
|---|---|
| PassMark G2D Mark | 370 |
Specifications
| Architecture unverified | TeraScale 2 |
|---|---|
| GPU chip unverified | Barts LE |
| Process node unverified | 40 nm |
| Shading units unverified | 800 |
| Base clock unverified | 840 MHz |
| Memory size unverified | 1 GB |
| Memory type unverified | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus unverified | 256 bit |
| Memory bandwidth unverified | 134.4 GB/s |
| Board power (TDP) unverified | 150 W |
| Bus interface unverified | PCIe 2.1 ×16 |
| DirectX support unverified | 11.0 |
| OpenGL support unverified | 4.5 |
| Release date unverified | 2011-04-05 |
| Release year unverified | 2011 |
| Launch MSRP unverified | 149 USD |