AMD Radeon R4 Graphics vs AMD Radeon Sky 900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R4 Graphics and AMD Radeon Sky 900 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 20x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1811 vs 1654
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1811 vs 1654
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 June 2014 vs 27 March 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1811 vs 1654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1811 vs 1654

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 900

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 329.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
  • 28x more pipelines: 3584 vs 128
  • 33.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,405 gflops vs 204.8 gflops
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 128
Floating-point performance 2x 3,405 gflops vs 204.8 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Sky 900

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1811
1654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1811
1654
Name AMD Radeon R4 Graphics AMD Radeon Sky 900
PassMark - G3D Mark 336
PassMark - G2D Mark 99
Geekbench - OpenCL 8386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 107.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 13.097
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 701
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1811 1654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 701
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1811 1654

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R4 Graphics AMD Radeon Sky 900

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Beema Tahiti
Launch date 11 June 2014 27 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1548 1550
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 204.8 gflops 2x 3,405 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 128 3584
Texture fill rate 6.4 GTexel / s 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 930 million 4,313 million
Boost clock speed 950 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Length 305 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Memory type System Shared GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 480 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz