AMD Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
- Graphics Processor
- Blackcomb
- Cores
- 960
- TMUs
- 48
- ROPs
- 32
- Memory Size
- 2 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Bus Width
- 256 bit
Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 640x480
- 1280x720
- 1366x768
- 1600x900
- 1920x1080
- 2560x1440
- 3840x2160
The Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition was a graphics card by AMD, launched in August 2011. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Blackcomb graphics processor, in its Blackcomb XT variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2. The Blackcomb graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 212 mm² and 1,700 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon HD 6990M, which uses the same GPU but has all 1120 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition to reach the product's target shader count. It features 960 shading units, 48 texture mapping units and 32 ROPs. AMD has placed 2,048 MB GDDR5 memory on the card, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 680 MHz, memory is running at 900 MHz.
Being a mxm module card, the AMD Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 75 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it.
Being a mxm module card, the AMD Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 75 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it.
Graphics Processor
- GPU Name
- Blackcomb
- GPU Variant
-
Blackcomb XT
(216-0811000)
- Architecture
- TeraScale 2
- Foundry
- TSMC
- Process Size
- 40 nm
- Transistors
- 1,700 million
- Die Size
- 212 mm²
Mobile Graphics
- Release Date
- Aug 25th, 2011
- Generation
-
Vancouver
(HD 6900M)
- Production
- End-of-life
- Bus Interface
- MXM-B (3.0)
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.
Clock Speeds
- GPU Clock
- 680 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
900 MHz
3600 MHz effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 2 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 256 bit
- Bandwidth
- 115.2 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 960
- TMUs
- 48
- ROPs
- 32
- Compute Units
- 12
- L1 Cache
- 16 KB (per CU)
- L2 Cache
- 512 KB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 21.76 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 32.64 GTexel/s
- FP32 (float) performance
- 1,306 GFLOPS
Board Design
- Slot Width
- MXM Module
- TDP
- 75 W
- Outputs
- No outputs
- Power Connectors
- None
- Board Number
- C296
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 11.2 (11_0)
- OpenGL
- 4.4
- OpenCL
- 1.2
- Vulkan
- N/A
- Shader Model
- 5.0
Blackcomb GPU Notes
| Architecture Codename: Northern Islands Chip Variant: Barts Graphics/Compute: GFX4 Display Core Engine: 5.0 Unified Video Decoder: 3.1 |