Radeon HD 6850

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At a Glance

Identity
Entry Type	Reference GPU
Official Name	AMD Radeon HD 6850
Architecture	TeraScale 2
Launch Date	2010-10-21
Core Specs
GPU Die	Barts
Chip Variant / Package	HFCBGA-1737
Process Node	TSMC 40 nm
Transistor Count	1.7 billion
Die Size	255 mm²
Stream Processors	960
TMUs	48
ROPs	32
Base Clock	775 MHz
Boost Clock	775 MHz
Pixel Fillrate	24.8 GP/s
Texture Fillrate	37.2 GT/s
FP32 Throughput	1.49 TFLOPS
Memory
Memory Size	1 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5
Memory Bus Width	256-bit
Memory Clock	1,000 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	128 GB/s
L2 Cache	0.5 MB
L1 Cache	8 KB
Board and Display
TDP / TBP	127 W
Recommended PSU	300 W
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Display Outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
Slot Width	Dual-slot
Card Length	198 mm
Software
Shader Model	5.0
DirectX Support	DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Support	OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL Support	OpenCL 1.2

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