Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310) vs Radeon HD 7870 XT
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310) |
| 170 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7870 XT . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 XT |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7870 XT
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310) | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Mullins () | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 128 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 800 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 96 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310) | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310) | | Radeon HD 7870 XT | |
|---|
| TDP | 15 watts | vs | 185 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Jun 2014 | vs | 19 Nov 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better