AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs ATI Radeon E4690

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6950 and ATI Radeon E4690 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6950

ATI Radeon E4690

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.7x more texture fill rate: 70.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
4.4x more pipelines: 1408 vs 320
5.9x better floating-point performance: 2,252.8 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
6.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2608 vs 405
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 439 vs 347
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11657 vs 3302
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11657 vs 3302

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 December 2010 vs 1 June 2009
Texture fill rate	70.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1408 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,252.8 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2608 vs 405
PassMark - G2D Mark	439 vs 347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	11657 vs 3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	11657 vs 3302

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon E4690

16.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 500 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6950
GPU 2: ATI Radeon E4690

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2608

405

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

439

347

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11657

3302

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11657

3302

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6950	ATI Radeon E4690
PassMark - G3D Mark	2608	405
PassMark - G2D Mark	439	347
Geekbench - OpenCL	6105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	11657	3302
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	11657	3302
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6950	ATI Radeon E4690
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	TeraScale
Code name	Cayman	RV730
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	14 December 2010	1 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	721	723
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	45.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,252.8 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1408	320
Texture fill rate	70.4 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	500 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	514 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire