AMD Radeon R3 Graphics vs AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R3 Graphics and AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 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, 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).

AMD Radeon R3 Graphics

AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R3 Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
20x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	28 January 2015 vs 8 July 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

3.4x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 267 MHz
52.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
17.5x more pipelines: 2x 1120 vs 128
26.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 153.6 gflops
5.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.807 vs 0.35

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 267 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1120 vs 128
Floating-point performance	2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 153.6 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.807 vs 0.35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.35

1.807

Name	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	304
PassMark - G2D Mark	95
Geekbench - OpenCL	1492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	106.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.35	1.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	21.88
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1745

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Beema	Barts
Launch date	28 January 2015	8 July 2011
Place in performance rating	1599	1601
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$520
Technical info
Boost clock speed	600 MHz
Core clock speed	267 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	153.6 gflops	2x 2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	2x 1120
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	930 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		304 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed		4200 MHz