The Radeon HD 6570 was a graphics card by AMD, launched on February 7th, 2011. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Thames graphics processor, in its Thames M2 XTX variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2. The Thames graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 118 mm² and 716 million transistors. It features 480 shading units, 24 texture mapping units, and 8 ROPs. AMD has paired 1,024 MB GDDR3 memory with the Radeon HD 6570, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 650 MHz, memory is running at 500 MHz. Being a single-slot card, the AMD Radeon HD 6570 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 44 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, 1x VGA. Radeon HD 6570 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface. The card measures 168 mm in length, and features a single-slot cooling solution.