AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
VS
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
VS
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

618
Place in performance rating
781
GCN 1.2/2.0
Architecture
TeraScale
Carrizo
Code name
R600
Laptop
Type
Desktop
4 June 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
14 May 2007 (14 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$399
Carrizo
GPU code name
R600
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
320
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Core clock speed
743 MHz
800 MHz
Boost Clock
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2410 Million
Transistor count
720 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
12-35 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
215 Watt
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Texture fill rate
11.89
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Floating-point performance
475.5 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
800 MHz
Boost clock speed
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2410 Million
Number of transistors
720 million
12-35 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
215 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT.

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Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
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Length
241 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
medium sized
Laptop size
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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 Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1656 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
106.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
DirectX
10.0 (10_0)
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OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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 Radeon R6 (Carrizo) or ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
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 Radeon R6 (Carrizo)

1.21% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 320)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 80 nm)

Less power consumption (12-35 Watt vs 215 Watt)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

There is no accountable advantage

So, AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) or ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) .

AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) versus ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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