Radeon RX 5900 vs HD 6630M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking972not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.78no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code nameWhistlerNavi 21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 January 2011 (14 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 cores4804096
Core clock speed500 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1635 MHz
Number of transistors716 million21,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)26 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate12.00418.6
Floating-point processing power0.48 TFLOPS13.39 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs24256
L1 Cache48 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno data

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
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s672.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.2no data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 26 Watt 300 Watt

HD 6630M has 1053.8% lower power consumption.

RX 5900, on the other hand, has a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6630M and Radeon RX 5900. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6630M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 5900 is a desktop one.

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