AMD Radeon HD 6790 vs AMD FireStream 9270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6790 and AMD FireStream 9270 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6790

AMD FireStream 9270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 750 MHz
Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 33.6 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 1,344.0 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 160 Watt
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1552 vs 1341

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 April 2011 vs 13 November 2008
Core clock speed	840 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,344.0 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 160 Watt
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1552 vs 1341

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9270

2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 473 vs 367

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	473 vs 367

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6790
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9270

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1552

1341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

367

473

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6790	AMD FireStream 9270
PassMark - G3D Mark	1552	1341
PassMark - G2D Mark	367	473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	750.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6790	AMD FireStream 9270
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Barts	RV770
Launch date	4 April 2011	13 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	856	314
Price now	$64.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	39.40
Technical info
Core clock speed	840 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,344.0 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	800	800
Texture fill rate	33.6 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5