Radeon RX 6900 vs R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) with Radeon RX 6900, including specs and performance data.
RX 6900 outperforms R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) by a whopping 6402% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1143 | 37 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 19.07 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 (2014) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Beema | Navi 21 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 29 April 2014 (11 years ago) | 28 October 2020 (4 years ago) |
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 | 4608 |
| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | 2105 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 23,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 255 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 606.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 19.4 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 64 |
| TMUs | no data | 288 |
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).
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 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 type | no data | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 16 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 512.0 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 Connectors | no data | 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2 |
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 HD | 6
−5733%
| 350−400
+5733%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−6400%
|
130−140
+6400%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−5733%
|
350−400
+5733%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−6400%
|
130−140
+6400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−6400%
|
130−140
+6400%
|
| Fortnite | 1−2
−6400%
|
65−70
+6400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−6329%
|
450−500
+6329%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−5733%
|
350−400
+5733%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−6011%
|
550−600
+6011%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−6352%
|
2000−2050
+6352%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 24−27
−6300%
|
1600−1650
+6300%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−6400%
|
130−140
+6400%
|
| Dota 2 | 14−16
−6233%
|
950−1000
+6233%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−6400%
|
130−140
+6400%
|
| Fortnite | 1−2
−6400%
|
65−70
+6400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−6329%
|
450−500
+6329%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−5733%
|
350−400
+5733%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−6400%
|
65−70
+6400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−6011%
|
550−600
+6011%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−5733%
|
350−400
+5733%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−6352%
|
2000−2050
+6352%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−6400%
|
130−140
+6400%
|
| Dota 2 | 14−16
−6233%
|
950−1000
+6233%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−6400%
|
130−140
+6400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−6329%
|
450−500
+6329%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−5733%
|
350−400
+5733%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−6011%
|
550−600
+6011%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−5733%
|
350−400
+5733%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−6352%
|
2000−2050
+6352%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 1−2
−6400%
|
65−70
+6400%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−6233%
|
190−200
+6233%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 6−7
−5733%
|
350−400
+5733%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11
−6400%
|
650−700
+6400%
|
| Valorant | 0−1 | 0−1 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−6400%
|
65−70
+6400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−6233%
|
190−200
+6233%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 1−2
−6400%
|
65−70
+6400%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−6400%
|
65−70
+6400%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 1−2
−6400%
|
65−70
+6400%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−6233%
|
950−1000
+6233%
|
| Valorant | 5−6
−5900%
|
300−310
+5900%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−6400%
|
130−140
+6400%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
−6400%
|
130−140
+6400%
|
This is how R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) and RX 6900 compete in popular games:
- RX 6900 is 5733% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.93 | 60.47 |
| Recency | 29 April 2014 | 28 October 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 7 nm |
RX 6900 has a 6402.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 6900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L) is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 6900 is a desktop one.
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