Radeon HD 6990 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

Radeon HD 6990
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2x 1536 Shaders
2x 2GB GDDR5
830MHz
1536 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
975MHz
FP32
5.1 TFLOPS
FP32
3 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
375W
TDP
185W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
TeraScale 3
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Family
Radeon HD 7000
Codename
Cayman
RV970
Variant
Antilles XT
Codename
Tahiti
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Variant
Tahiti LE
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/8/2011
Release Date
11/19/2012
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
2x 389 mm²
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Die Size
352 mm²
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Transistor Count
2x 2.6 Billion
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Transistor Count
4.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
6.79M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.25M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2x 1536 Shaders
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Shading Units
1536 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
2x 96 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
96 TMUs
Render Output Units
2x 32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Compute Units
2x 24 CUs
Compute Units
24 CUs
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830MHz
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925MHz Base
975MHz
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FP32
5.1 TFLOPS
FP32
3 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.27 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.75 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
26.56 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
31.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
79.68 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
93.6 GTexel/s
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
768KB Shared
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2x 2GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
160GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
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TDP
375W
TDP
185W
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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4x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 1.4
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
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No Encoders
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Model
VCE 1.0
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
UVD 3.1
Model
UVD 4.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
5
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way CrossFireX
Height
115 mm (4.53 in)
Width
310 mm (12.2 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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