AMD Radeon HD 6790 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6790 and ATI Mobility Radeon X700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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

ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 350 MHz
12x more texture fill rate: 33.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
100x more pipelines: 800 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
7x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 600 MHz
23.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1590 vs 67
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 367 vs 200

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 April 2011 vs 1 March 2005
Core clock speed	840 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	367 vs 200

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6790
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

367

200

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6790	ATI Mobility Radeon X700
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	367	200
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	ATI Mobility Radeon X700
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R400
Code name	Barts	M26
Launch date	4 April 2011	1 March 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	880	883
Price now	$64.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	39.40
Technical info
Core clock speed	840 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	800	8
Texture fill rate	33.6 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	120 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PCIe