AMD Radeon Sky 900 vs AMD Radeon HD 6350

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Sky 900 and AMD Radeon HD 6350 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 900

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 405.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • 44.8x more pipelines: 3584 vs 80
  • 65.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,405 gflops vs 104 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
  • 6.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Launch date 27 March 2013 vs 7 February 2011
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 80
Floating-point performance 2x 3,405 gflops vs 104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6350

  • 15.8x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1717 vs 1654
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1717 vs 1654
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1717 vs 1654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1717 vs 1654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Sky 900
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6350

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1654
1717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1654
1717
Name AMD Radeon Sky 900 AMD Radeon HD 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1654 1717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1654 1717
PassMark - G3D Mark 141
PassMark - G2D Mark 171
Geekbench - OpenCL 2872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.154
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 10.131
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 381
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 734
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 381
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 734

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Sky 900 AMD Radeon HD 6350

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Tahiti Cedar
Launch date 27 March 2013 7 February 2011
Place in performance rating 1543 1544
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $23
Price now $50.99
Value for money (0-100) 5.17

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz
Core clock speed 825 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 3,405 gflops 104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 3584 80
Texture fill rate 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec 5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 19 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million 292 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 305 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 480 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 384 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3