Radeon RX 6900 vs Sky 500
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Sky 500 with Radeon RX 6900, including specs and performance data.
RX 6900 outperforms Sky 500 by a whopping 465% 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 | 456 | 38 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.76 | 19.17 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Pitcairn | Navi 21 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 March 2013 (12 years ago) | 28 October 2020 (5 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 | 1280 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 950 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2105 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 23,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 255 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 76.00 | 606.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.432 TFLOPS | 19.4 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | 288 |
| L1 Cache | 320 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | no 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).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 242 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 16 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 154 GB/s | 512.0 GB/s |
| 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 | 1x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
| DisplayPort count | 1 | no data |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 11.16 | 63.10 |
| Recency | 27 March 2013 | 28 October 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 255 Watt |
Sky 500 has 70% lower power consumption.
RX 6900, on the other hand, has a 465.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 6900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Sky 500 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Sky 500 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6900 is a desktop one.
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