AMD Radeon HD 7310 vs AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7310 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon HD 7310

AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7310

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later

Launch date	1 May 2012 vs 8 July 2011

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Around 80% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 500 MHz
28x more pipelines: 2x 1120 vs 80

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	2x 1120 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7310
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7310	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	1780
PassMark - G2D Mark	44
PassMark - G3D Mark	128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1230
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.807

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7310	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Zacate	Barts
Launch date	1 May 2012	8 July 2011
Place in performance rating	1606	1607
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$520
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	2x 1120
Floating-point performance		2x 2,016.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		300 Watt
Transistor count		1,700 million
API support
DirectX	11	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.4
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed		4200 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		304 mm