GRID K340 vs Radeon R6 (Carrizo)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R6 (Carrizo) with GRID K340, including specs and performance data.

R6 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.51

GRID K340 outperforms R6 (Carrizo) by a whopping 105% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking973759
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.04
Power efficiency3.010.96
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameCarrizoGK107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date4 June 2015 (9 years ago)23 July 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores384384
Core clock speedno data950 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rateno data30.40
Floating-point processing powerno data0.7296 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data32

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.8 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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD11
−90.9%
21−24
+90.9%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data157.10

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Hitman 3 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−100%
30−33
+100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−97%
65−70
+97%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Hitman 3 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−100%
30−33
+100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−92.9%
27−30
+92.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−97%
65−70
+97%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Hitman 3 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−100%
30−33
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−90.9%
21−24
+90.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−97%
65−70
+97%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Hitman 3 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

This is how R6 (Carrizo) and GRID K340 compete in popular games:

  • GRID K340 is 91% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.51 3.09
Recency 4 June 2015 23 July 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 225 Watt

R6 (Carrizo) has an age advantage of 1 year, and 1775% lower power consumption.

GRID K340, on the other hand, has a 104.6% higher aggregate performance score.

The GRID K340 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R6 (Carrizo) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R6 (Carrizo) is a notebook card while GRID K340 is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
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