Radeon Xpress X1200 vs HD 6790

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	649	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.34	no data
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	no data
GPU code name	Barts	RS690M
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	4 April 2011 (13 years ago)	1 February 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data
Current price	$184 (1.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

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	800	4
Core clock speed	840 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	350 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	33.60	no data
Floating-point performance	1,344.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6790 and Radeon Xpress X1200 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	198 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

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, 1x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	no data
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 April 2011	1 February 2007
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	80 nm

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