Radeon HD 6930 vs RX 560

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 560 and Radeon HD 6930, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 560
2017
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
9.46
+30.1%

RX 560 outperforms HD 6930 by a substantial 30% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking467537
Place by popularity64not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.482.13
Power efficiency8.802.73
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code namePolaris 21Cayman
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)1 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$99 $180

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6930 has 44% better value for money than RX 560.

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 cores10241280
Core clock speed1175 MHz750 MHz
Boost clock speed1275 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,000 million2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt186 Watt
Texture fill rate81.6060.00
Floating-point processing power2.611 TFLOPS1.92 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs6480

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Length170 mm220 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s153.6 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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 HD35
+45.8%
24−27
−45.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.837.50

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.46 7.27
Recency 18 April 2017 1 December 2011
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 186 Watt

RX 560 has a 30.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 148% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 560 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6930 in performance tests.


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