AMD Radeon R5 Graphics vs AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 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: 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 R5 Graphics

AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 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	31 May 2016 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

4.5x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 200 MHz
20.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 12.13 GTexel / s
8.8x more pipelines: 2x 1120 vs 256
10.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 388.1 gflops
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.807 vs 0.543

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 12.13 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1120 vs 256
Floating-point performance	2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 388.1 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.807 vs 0.543

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.543

1.807

Name	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	2981
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	119.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.543	1.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	12.649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	42.459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	966
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1915
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	966
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1915

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Wani	Barts
Launch date	31 May 2016	8 July 2011
Place in performance rating	1551	1613
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$520
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	388.1 gflops	2x 2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	256	2x 1120
Texture fill rate	12.13 GTexel / s	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	2,410 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