ATI Radeon SDR PCI vs HD 6390

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameRedwoodRage 6
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 July 2011 (13 years ago)1 June 2000 (24 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 cores320no data
Core clock speed550 MHz166 MHz
Number of transistors627 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)39 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate8.8001
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPSno data
ROPs82
TMUs166

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Length165 mm165 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR2SDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s2.656 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)7.0
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.41.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 July 2011 1 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 39 Watt 23 Watt

HD 6390 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

ATI SDR PCI, on the other hand, has 69.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6390 and Radeon SDR PCI. We've got no test results to judge.


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