AMD Caicos
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6790
AMD Caicos
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6790

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon HD 6790. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
526
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Value for money (0-100)
30.22
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Terascale 2
Caicos
Code name
Barts
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
4 April 2011 (10 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$149
$10.38
Price now
$169 (1.1x MSRP)
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Value for money
1.27
Caicos
GPU code name
Barts
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon HD 6790 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
800
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Core clock speed
840 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
1,700 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
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Texture fill rate
33.60
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Floating-point performance
1,344.0 gflops
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
800
370 million
Number of transistors
1,700 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon HD 6790.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
198 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon HD 6790 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1050 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
134.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon HD 6790, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon HD 6790. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.4
OpenGL
4.4

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon HD 6790 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or AMD Radeon HD 6790 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon HD 6790
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon HD 6790
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon HD 6790
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon HD 6790
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon HD 6790
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $169 (1.1x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6790

8.95% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (800 vs 160)

So, AMD Caicos or AMD Radeon HD 6790?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6790 .

AMD Caicos versus AMD Radeon HD 6790 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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