Tonga vs Hawaii
Combined performance score
Hawaii outperforms Tonga by 49% in our combined benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 236 | 335 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2017) |
GPU code name | Hawaii | Tonga |
Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Release date | no data | no data |
Current price | $10.63 | $23 |
Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2816 | 2048 |
Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 5,000 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_0) |
Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.5 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Vulkan | 1.2.170 | 1.2.170 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 21.25 | 14.30 |
The Hawaii is our recommended choice as it beats the Tonga in performance tests.
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