AMD Radeon HD 6790 vs ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6790 and ATI Radeon X1600 XT 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 590 MHz
  • 14.2x more texture fill rate: 33.6 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 1380 MHz
  • 13.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1552 vs 116
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 367 vs 356
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 1745
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 1745
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 April 2011 vs 1 October 2007
Core clock speed 840 MHz vs 590 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1552 vs 116
PassMark - G2D Mark 367 vs 356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 1745

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 XT

  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 150 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 42 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6790
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1552
116
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
367
356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
1745
Name AMD Radeon HD 6790 ATI Radeon X1600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 1552 116
PassMark - G2D Mark 367 356
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 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 1745

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6790 ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 R500
Code name Barts RV530
Launch date 4 April 2011 1 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $149
Place in performance rating 856 858
Price now $64.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 39.40

Technical info

Core clock speed 840 MHz 590 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 800
Texture fill rate 33.6 GTexel / s 2.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 42 Watt
Transistor count 1,700 million 157 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.4 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB / s 22.08 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz 1380 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3