AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2: GPU Specs & Benchmarks

The Radeon HD 6870 X2 is a graphics card by AMD, built on the 40 nm process and based on the Barts graphics processor (GPU). The video card specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.

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Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU Name
Barts
Model number
Barts XT
(215-0798000)
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
Transistors
1,700 million
Die Size
255 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Jul 8th, 2011
Family
Northern Islands
(HD 6800)
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
520 USD
Predecessor
Evergreen
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

Memory Size
1024 MB x2
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit x2

Clock Speeds

Memory Clock
1050 MHz
4.2 Gbps effective
GPU Clock
900 MHz

Render Config

TMUs
56 x2
ROPs
32 x2

Board Design

Length
304 mm
12 inches
Thermal design power (TDP)
300 W
Suggested PSU
700 W
Display Connectors
2x DVI
1x HDMI
2x mini-DisplayPort

API support

DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
Shader Model
5.0
Radeon HD 6870 X2
AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2: GPU Specs & Benchmarks