Sun vs Radeon R4 (Beema)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1103 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 (2014) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | Beema | Sun |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 29 April 2014 (10 years ago) | no data |
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 | 128 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 690 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 20 |
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 bus width | 64 Bit | no data |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.5 (5.1) |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.1 (1.2) |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.170 |
Pros & cons summary
We couldn't decide between Radeon R4 (Beema) and Sun. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R4 (Beema) is a notebook card while Sun is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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