AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP vs AMD Radeon HD 6930

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP and AMD Radeon HD 6930 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP

AMD Radeon HD 6930

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
5.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 186 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 186 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6930

Around 88% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP	AMD Radeon HD 6930
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 3
Code name	BeaverCreek	Cayman
Launch date	7 December 2011	1 December 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$180
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	186 Watt
Transistor count	1,450 million	2,640 million
Floating-point performance		1,920.0 gflops
Pipelines		1280
Texture fill rate		60.0 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		220 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		4800 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5