Radeon Sky 500 vs HD 6310

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated398
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.63
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameLovelandPitcairn
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date9 November 2010 (13 years ago)27 March 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores801280
Core clock speed276 MHz950 MHz
Number of transistors450 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate2.20876.00
Floating-point processing power0.04416 TFLOPS2.432 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs880

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
WidthIGP1-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1200 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data154 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort countno data1
Dual-link DVI support-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6310 122
Sky 500 4709
+3760%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 November 2010 27 March 2013
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 150 Watt

HD 6310 has 733.3% lower power consumption.

Sky 500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6310 and Radeon Sky 500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6310 is a desktop card while Radeon Sky 500 is a workstation one.


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