AMD Radeon Sky 700 vs AMD Radeon Sky 900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Sky 700 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Sky 700

AMD Radeon Sky 900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 700

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 825 MHz
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 825 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 900

20.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 100.8 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1792
2.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,405 gflops vs 3,226 gflops

Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 1792
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops vs 3,226 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Sky 700
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Sky 900

Name	AMD Radeon Sky 700	AMD Radeon Sky 900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1654

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Sky 700	AMD Radeon Sky 900
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tahiti	Tahiti
Launch date	27 March 2013	27 March 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	1549
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	2x 3,405 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1792	3584
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	4,313 million
Boost clock speed		950 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	1
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	176 GB / s	480 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5