Radeon R6 Graphics IGP vs Radeon HD 7970 X2
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R6 Graphics IGP |
485 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7970 X2 . |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7970 X2 |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 7970 X2
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon R6 Graphics IGP | | Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
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GPU Name | Spectre () | vs | New Zealand () |
Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 245 mm² | vs | 365 mm² |
Transistors | 2,410 million | vs | 4,313 million |
Shaders | 384 | vs | 2048 |
Compute Units | 6 | vs | 32 |
Core clock | 533 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
ROPs | 8 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 24 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R6 Graphics IGP | | Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
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Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 384 bit x2 |
Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R6 Graphics IGP | | Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
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TDP | 15 watts | vs | 500 watts |
Release Date | 17 Sep 2014 | vs | 31 Aug 2012 |
Radeon R6 Graphics IGP
4.26 GP/s
Radeon HD 7970 X2
59.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R6 Graphics IGP
12.80 GT/s
Radeon HD 7970 X2
236.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R6 Graphics IGP
0.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7970 X2
528.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R6 Graphics IGP
409.30 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7970 X2
7578.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better