AMD Radeon HD 6950 Graphics Card

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Overview
Manufacturer
AMD
Original Series
Radeon HD 6000
Release Date
December 14th, 2010
Launch Price
$299
PCB Code
109-C21647-00
P/N Code
102-C21601-00
Model
AMD C216 SKU 001
Graphics Processing Unit
GPU Model
Cayman PRO (Cayman)
Architecture
VLIW4 TeraScale 2
Fabrication Process
40 nm
Die Size
389 mm2
Transistors Count
2.6B
Transistors Density
6.8M TRAN/mm2
Stream Cores
1408
Thread Processors
88
SIMD Engines
22
TMUs
88
ROPs
32
Clocks
Base Clock
800 MHz
Boost Clock
TBC MHz
Memory Clock
1250 MHz
Effective Memory Clock
5000 Mbps
Memory Configuration
Memory Size
2048 MB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus Width
256-bit
Memory Bandwidth
160.0 GB/s

Physical
Interface
PCI-Express 2.0 x16
Width
11.2 cm
Length
26.7 cm
Height
2-slot
Power Connectors
1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin
TDP/TBP
200 W
Recommended PSU
500 W
Multi-GPU Support
4-way
Display Outputs
DVI-D DualLink
2 ×
miniDisplayPort
2 ×
HDMI
1 ×
API Support
DirectX
11.0
Vulkan
-
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2

Performance
Pixel Fillrate
25.6 GPixels/s
Texture Fillrate
70.4 GTexel/s
Peak FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
FP32 Perf. per Watt
11.3 GFLOPS/W
FP32 Perf. per mm2
5.8 GFLOPS/mm2




  Model nameBoostMemoryPowerCustom SeriesPopularity
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KUROUTOSHIKOU HD 6950 2GB
RH6950-E2GHD/DP
1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin
 
10%
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KUROUTOSHIKOU HD 6950 2GB
RH6950-E1GHW/DP
1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin
 
13%
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MSI HD 6950 1GB Twin Frozr III Power Edition OC 1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin Twin Frozr
 
27%
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MSI HD 6950 2GB
R6950-2PM2D2GD5
1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin
 
100%
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MSI HD 6950 2GB Twin Frozr II
R6950 TWIN FROZR II
1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin Twin Frozr
 
13%
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MSI HD 6950 2GB Twin Frozr II OC
R6950 TWIN FROZR II / OC
1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin Twin Frozr
 
50%
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MSI HD 6950 2GB Twin Frozr III Power Edition
R6950 TWIN FROZR III POWER EDITION
1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin Twin Frozr
 
23%
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MSI HD 6950 2GB Twin Frozr III Power Edition OC 1× 8-pin, 1× 6-pin Twin Frozr
 
20%
 ModelCoresBoost ClockMemory ClockMemory Config.
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AMD Radeon HD 6990
 
3072
-
 
5 Gbps
 
8 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6870 (1600 Cores)
 
1600
-
 
4.8 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6970
 
1536
-
 
5.5 Gbps
 
2 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6850 (1440 Cores)
 
1440
-
 
4 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6950
 
1408
-
 
5 Gbps
 
2 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6930
 
1280
-
 
4.8 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6870
 
1120
-
 
4.2 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6850
 
1120
-
 
4 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6770
 
800
-
 
4.8 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6790
 
800
-
 
4.2 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6770 (720 Cores)
 
720
-
 
2.7 Gbps
 
2 GB GD5 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6750
 
720
-
 
4.6 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6570
 
480
-
 
4 Gbps
 
2 GB GD5 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6670
 
480
-
 
4 Gbps
 
1 GB GD5 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6510
 
400
-
 
1 Gbps
 
1 GB GD3 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6530
 
400
-
 
1.2 Gbps
 
1 GB GD3 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6390
 
320
-
 
1 Gbps
 
1 GB GD3 128b
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AMD Radeon HD 6450
 
160
-
 
1.6 Gbps
 
1 GB D3 64b
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AMD Radeon HD 6290
 
80
-
 
1.6 Gbps
 
1 GB GD3 64b
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AMD Radeon HD 6350
 
80
-
 
800 Mbps
 
512 MB D3 64b
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AMD Radeon HD 6230
 
80
-
 
1 Gbps
 
512 MB D2 64b
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AMD Radeon HD 6250
 
80
-
 
1 Gbps
 
512 MB D2 64b
 ModelCoresBoost ClockMemory ClockMemory Config.
Thumbnail
AMD Radeon HD 6990
 
3072
-
 
5 GB/s
 
8 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6970
 
1536
-
 
5.5 GB/s
 
2 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6950
 
1408
-
 
5 GB/s
 
2 GB GD5 256b
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AMD Radeon HD 6930
 
1280
-
 
4.8 GB/s
 
1 GB GD5 256b

AMD Radeon™ HD 6950 GPU Feature Summary

  • Up to 800MHz Engine Clock
  • 2GB GDDR5 Memory
  • Up to 1250MHz Memory Clock (5.0 Gbps GDDR5)
  • 160 GB/s memory bandwidth (maximum)
  • 2.25 TFLOPs Single Precision compute power
  • 562.5 GFLOPs Double Precision compute power
  • Double slot form factor
  • TeraScale 3 Unified Processing Architecture
    • 1408 Stream Processors
    • 88 Texture Units
    • 128 Z/Stencil ROP Units
    • 32 Color ROP Units
  • High Speed 256-bit GDDR5 memory interface
  • PCI Express 2.1 x16 bus interface
  • “Eye-Definition” graphics
    • New and advanced architecture
      • Full DirectX® 11 support
      • Scalable geometry processing technology
      • Shader Model 5.0
      • DirectCompute 11
      • Dual advanced programmable hardware tessellation units
      • Accelerated multi-threading
      • HDR texture compression
      • Order-independent transparency
    • OpenGL 4.1 support
    • Image quality enhancement technology
      • Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing modes
      • Adaptive anti-aliasing
      • Enhanced Quality Anti-Aliasing (EQAA)
      • Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA)
      • 16x angle independent anisotropic texture filtering
      • 128-bit floating point HDR rendering
  • AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology1
    • Native support for up to 4 simultaneous displays
      • Up to 6 displays supported with DisplayPort 1.2 Multi-Stream Transport
    • Independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls, and video overlays
    • Display grouping
      • Combine multiple displays to behave like a single large display
  • AMD App Acceleration2
    • AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology3,4
      • OpenCL 1.1 Support
      • DirectCompute 11
      • Double Precision Floating Point
      • Accelerated video encoding, transcoding, and upscaling
    • UVD 3 dedicated video playback accelerator
      • MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
      • VC-1
      • MPEG-2 (SD & HD)
      • Multi-View Codec (MVC)
      • MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, Xvid)
      • Adobe Flash
    • Enhanced Video Quality features
      • Advanced post-processing and scaling
      • Dynamic contrast enhancement and color correction
      • Brighter whites processing (Blue Stretch)
      • Independent video gamma control
      • Dynamic video range control
    • Dual-stream HD (1080p) playback support
    • DXVA 1.0 & 2.0 support
  • AMD HD3D technology5
    • Stereoscopic 3D display/glasses support
    • Blu-ray 3D support
    • Stereoscopic 3D gaming
    • 3rd party Stereoscopic 3D middleware software support
  • AMD CrossFireX™ multi-GPU technology6
    • Dual, triple or quad-GPU scaling
  • Cutting-edge integrated display support
    • DisplayPort 1.2
      • Max resolution: 2560×1600 per display
      • Multi-Stream Transport
      • 21.6 Gbps bandwidth
      • High bit-rate audio
    • HDMI® (With 3D, Deep Color and x.v.Color™)
      • Max resolution: 1920×1200
    • Dual-link DVI with HDCP
      • Max resolution: 2560×1600
    • VGA
      • Max resolution: 2048×1536
  • Integrated HD audio controller
    • Output protected high bit rate 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI with no additional cables required
    • Supports AC-3, AAC, Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio formats
  • AMD PowerPlay™ power management technology3
    • AMD PowerTune technology
      • Intelligent power management hardware
    • Dynamic power management with low power idle state
    • Ultra-low power state support for multi-GPU configurations
  • AMD Catalyst™ graphics and HD video configuration software
    • Software support for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
    • AMD Catalyst™ Control Center – AMD Catalyst™ software application and user interface for setup, configuration, and accessing features of AMD Radeon products.
    • Unified Graphics display driver – AMD Catalyst™ software enabling other PC programs and devices to use advanced graphics, video, and features of AMD Radeon™ products.

Suggested AMD Radeon™ HD 6950 System Requirements

  • PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
  • 500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended7
  • Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to https://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
  • Minimum 1GB of system memory
  • Installation software requires CD-ROM drive, a keyboard, a mouse, and a display
  • DVD playback requires DVD drive and a DVD
  • Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive and a Blu-ray disc
  • For an AMD CrossFireX™ system, a second AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series graphics card, an AMD CrossFireX™ Ready motherboard and one AMD CrossFireX™ Bridge Interconnect cable is required
  • Use of 3 or more displays with AMD Eyefinity technology requires a DisplayPort-capable panel or an AMD Eyefinity validated dongle. See https://www.amd.com/EyefinityDongles for a list of validated DisplayPort dongles.

Footnotes

©2010 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, Radeon and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/ or other jurisdictions. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Additional hardware (e.g. Blu-ray drive, HD or 10-bit monitor, TV tuner) and/or software (e.g. multimedia applications) are required for the full enablement of some features. Not all features may be supported on all components or systems – check with your component or system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies.

  1. AMD Eyefinity technology works with games that support non-standard aspect ratios, which is required for panning across multiple displays. To enable more than two displays, additional panels with native DisplayPort™ connectors, and/or DisplayPort™ compliant active adapters to convert your monitor’s native input to your cards DisplayPort™ or Mini-DisplayPort™ connector(s), are required. SLS (“Single Large Surface”) functionality requires an identical display resolution on all configured displays.
  2. AMD App Accelerationis a set of technologies designed to improve video quality and enhance application performance. Full enablement of some features requires support for AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology and/or AMD’s Universal Video Decoder (UVD).
  3. AMD PowerPlay™ and AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) are technology platforms that include a broad set of capabilities offered by certain AMD Radeon™ HD GPUs. Not all products have all features and full enablement of some capabilities and may require complementary products.
  4. Requires application support for AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology. AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing technology works with applications designed to take advantage of its GPU acceleration capabilities.
  5. AMD HD3D is a technology designed to enable stereoscopic 3D support in games, movies and/or photos. Requires 3D stereo drivers, glasses, and display. Not all features may be supported on all components or systems – check with your component or system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies. A list of supported stereoscopic 3D hardware is available at https://www.amd.com/HD3D.
  6. AMD CrossFireX™ technology requires an AMD CrossFireX Ready motherboard, an AMD CrossFireX™ Bridge Interconnect (for each additional graphics card) and may require a specialized power supply.
  7. Minimum recommended system power supply wattage is based on the specific graphics card and the typical power requirements of other system components. Your system may require more or less power. OEM and other pre-assembled PCs may have different power requirements.

AMD Launches Its Most Advanced Enthusiast GPU Ever, AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series Graphics

Enhanced second-generation architecture supporting DirectX® 11, new image quality features, AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology and up to 2GB of graphics memory for high-resolution gaming

SUNNYVALE, Calif. —12/15/2010 

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series graphics, its most advanced enthusiast GPU representing the intelligent choice for enthusiast gamers. The AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series of graphics cards provides gamers with an enhanced second-generation, Microsoft DirectX® 11-capable architecture for breakthrough performance, advanced image quality features for the best looking games, and innovative AMD PowerTune power management technology that dynamically adjusts power draw on the fly. With flexible and cost-effective AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology and AMD HD3D technology for 3D entertainment, the new AMD Radeon™ HD 6970 and AMD Radeon™ HD 6950 graphics cards offer The Ultimate Visual Experience™. Graphics cards in the AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series are available immediately from retailers worldwide, with select models starting at $299 US SEP.

“AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series graphics feature AMD’s second-generation, DirectX® 11-capable architecture, new image quality improvements and up to 2GB of graphics frame buffer, making it a great choice for gamers and enthusiasts,” said Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and general manager, GPU Division, AMD. “Delivering DirectX® 11 performance with intelligent tessellation, image quality improvements with new anti-aliasing modes and AMD PowerTune technology, we believe AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series graphics cards will make excellent gifts this holiday season.”

Efficient Architecture for Leading DirectX® 11 Performance

  • Improved architecture for greater performance: With AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series graphics, AMD has further enhanced its GPU design efficiency, realizing a 10 percent improvement in performance/mm2.1 AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series graphics provide an extremely smooth and efficient computing experience, enabling gamers to realize unparalleled image quality.
  • New AMD PowerTune technology: Designed with intelligent power tuning features, including the introduction of enhanced power containment, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series automatically adjusts GPU power draw by dynamically controlling clock speeds, allowing gamers advanced performance inside of the power envelope they specify.2
  • The time to upgrade is now: Gamers looking to move to a DirectX® 11-capable GPU will find there has never been a better time to upgrade, with the AMD Radeon™ HD 6970 offering up to 2.5 times the gaming performance of 2008’s similarly priced high-end graphics solution.3
  • Intelligent tessellation: The AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series of graphics cards features dual 8th generation tessellation units, delivering up to 2.9x tessellation performance compared to ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 graphics.4
  • Increased memory for higher image quality: With 2GB of video memory serving as the new standard for graphics card frame buffers, gamers can enjoy superior quality graphics without needing to increase the memory footprint, even at extreme resolutions.
  • The Ultimate Visual Experience™: As AMD’s most advanced DirectX® 11-capable GPU, AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series graphics offer a single high-performance solution for a realistic visual experience. DirectX®11 has quickly become the new standard for PC games and the majority of game developers chose to develop their DirectX® 11 games on AMD Radeon™ graphics cards. In addition to DirectX® 11 games, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series also enables an exceptional game play experience in DirectX® 9, DirectX® 10, DirectX® 10.1 and OpenGL titles in single card or multi-card AMD CrossFireX™ configurations.5

An Advanced Gaming Experience with AMD Eyefinity Technology and Advanced Display Options

  • Improved image quality: Enhanced anti-aliasing features enable dramatically improved image quality and enhanced visual quality features for intensely realistic looking games. New features include Enhanced Quality Anti-Aliasing (EQAA), which uses a new sampling technique to help improve visual quality, Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA), compatible with any DirectX® 9, DirectX® 10, or DirectX® 11 application, and improved anisotropic filtering.
  • Simple, flexible, affordable multi-display computing with AMD Eyefinity technology: Providing an expanded and more immersive field of view, AMD Eyefinity technology continues to be the most affordable multi-display solution available, offering incredible choice in display compatibility and configurations.6 More than 60 game titles have been AMD Eyefinity-validated or are AMD Eyefinity-ready titles, and hundreds more are AMD Eyefinity-compatible.
  • Continued industry leadership in multi-display computing: The AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series of graphics cards offer support for both DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 1.4a, offering enthusiasts incredible multi-monitor configuration options, flexibility in display selection, and new DisplayPort audio features.
  • 3D entertainment choices with AMD HD3D technology: AMD continues to deliver a broad and affordable selection of 3D solutions with AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series graphics cards, featuring AMD HD3D technology, backed by our open 3D initiative for stereo 3D gaming and movies.7

Accelerate Your Life with AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing

  • AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology lets you do more, faster: Enthusiasts will enjoy improved performance and new features in top media, entertainment and productivity applications with AMD APP technology.8
  • Enhanced video quality features: AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series graphics cards feature Unified Video Decoder 3 (UVD3), a dedicated video playback accelerator that helps users get the most out of HD video, online video and Blu-ray™ 3D, while enjoying a range of video quality improvements such as advanced post-processing and scaling, dynamic contrast enhancement, color correction and more.
  • Extensive support of industry standards: AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 series graphics cards fully support DirectCompute and OpenCL™, ensuring broad application support today and tomorrow.