AMD · 2010
Radeon HD 6970
The Radeon HD 6970 is a high-end graphics card by AMD, released in December 2010, based on the TeraScale 3 architecture.
The Radeon HD 6970 (AMD) is a high-end graphics card released on December 15, 2010, with a launch MSRP of $369 USD. It is built on the TeraScale 3 architecture and uses the Cayman XT GPU fabricated on a 40 nm process node. The card features 1536 shading units, a base clock of 880 MHz, and 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 176 GB/s. It supports DirectX 11.0 and OpenGL 4.5, and connects via a PCIe 2.1 ×16 interface. The board has a TDP of 250 W.
Specifications
| Architecture unverified | TeraScale 3 |
|---|---|
| GPU chip unverified | Cayman XT |
| Process node unverified | 40 nm |
| Shading units unverified | 1536 |
| Base clock unverified | 880 MHz |
| Memory size unverified | 2 GB |
| Memory type unverified | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus unverified | 256 bit |
| Memory bandwidth unverified | 176 GB/s |
| Board power (TDP) unverified | 250 W |
| Bus interface unverified | PCIe 2.1 ×16 |
| DirectX support unverified | 11.0 |
| OpenGL support unverified | 4.5 |
| Release date unverified | 2010-12-15 |
| Release year unverified | 2010 |
| Launch MSRP unverified | 369 USD |