Radeon HD 6790 vs Radeon HD 7720 OEM

Radeon HD 6790
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Apr 2011
Radeon HD 6790
Radeon HD 7720 OEM
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Mar 2013
Radeon HD 7720 OEM

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6790

Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7720 OEM

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon HD 6790Radeon HD 7720 OEM
GPU NameBarts (Barts LE)vsBarts (Barts LE)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size255 mm²vs255 mm²
Transistors1,700 millionvs1,700 million
Shaders800vs800
Compute Units10vs10
Core clock840 MHzvs840 MHz
ROPs16vs32
TMUs40vs40

Memory Configuration

Radeon HD 6790Radeon HD 7720 OEM
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective
vs1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

Radeon HD 6790Radeon HD 7720 OEM
TDP150 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date4 Apr 2011vs15 Mar 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon HD 6790
    13.40 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 7720 OEM
    26.90 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon HD 6790
    33.60 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 7720 OEM
    33.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon HD 6790
    134.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 7720 OEM
    134.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon HD 6790
    1344.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 7720 OEM
    1344.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better