Radeon HD 6870
AMD graphics card · Radeon HD 6000 series · launched October 2010
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Radeon HD 6870 launched at $239 in 2010. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $363 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 52% rise over 16 years.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2010 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Specifications
| Vendor | AMD |
|---|---|
| Series | Radeon HD 6000 series |
| Launched | October 2010 |
| Launch price | $239 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 |
| Chip | Radeon HD 6870 (Barts XT) |
| Memory | 1 GB (also 2 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 256-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 134.4 GB/s |
| Core clock | 900 MHz |
| FP32 compute | 2.02 TFLOPS |
| Rated power | 151 W (TDP) |
| Transistors | 1.7 billion |
| Die size | 255 mm² |
| Process | 40 nm |
| Bus interface | PCIe 2.1 ×16 |
| Tier | 80-class |
The AMD 80-class over time
AMD graphics cards in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radeon HD 4890 | 2009 | $249 | $384 | — |
| Radeon HD 4810 | 2009 | — | — | — |
| Radeon HD 4860 | 2009 | — | — | — |
| Radeon HD 5850 | 2009 | $259 | $399 | — |
| Radeon HD 5870 | 2009 | $379 | $584 | — |
| Radeon HD 5830 | 2010 | $239 | $363 | — |
| Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition | 2010 | $479 | $727 | — |
| Radeon HD 6850 | 2010 | $179 | $272 | — |
| Radeon HD 6870 | 2010 | $239 | $363 | — |
| Radeon HD 7850 | 2012 | $250 | $360 | — |
| Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | 2012 | $350 | $504 | — |
| Radeon HD 7870 XT | 2012 | $270 | $389 | — |
| Radeon R9 280X | 2013 | $299 | $425 | — |
| Radeon R9 280 | 2014 | $249 | $348 | — |
| Radeon R9 285 | 2014 | $249 | $348 | — |
| Radeon R9 380 | 2015 | $199 | $278 | — |
Compare with
- Radeon HD 5830 · 2010 · $239
- Radeon HD 6950 · 2010 · $259
- Radeon HD 4890 · 2009 · $249
- Radeon HD 5850 · 2009 · $259
- Radeon HD 6930 · 2011 · $180
- GeForce GTX 460 · 2010 · $199
- GeForce GTX 465 · 2010 · $279
- GeForce GTS 250 · 2009 · $199
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