Radeon HD 6570 vs HD 6930
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6930 and Radeon HD 6570, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD 6930 outperforms HD 6570 by a whopping 412% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 548 | 1011 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.08 | 0.07 |
| Power efficiency | 2.70 | 1.64 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Cayman | Turks |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | no data | reference |
| Release date | 1 December 2011 (13 years ago) | 19 April 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $180 | $79 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
HD 6930 has 2871% better value for money than HD 6570.
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 cores | 1280 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,640 million | 716 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 186 Watt | 40 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 60.00 | 15.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.92 TFLOPS | 0.624 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 80 | 24 |
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 support | no data | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 220 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 28.8 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| Eyefinity | - | + |
| HDMI | + | + |
| DisplayPort support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | - | + |
| UVD | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | DirectX® 11 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.06 | 1.38 |
| Recency | 1 December 2011 | 19 April 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 186 Watt | 40 Watt |
HD 6930 has a 411.6% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 7 months.
HD 6570, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 365% lower power consumption.
The Radeon HD 6930 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6570 in performance tests.
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