AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
VS
AMD Radeon RX 470
AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
VS
AMD Radeon RX 470

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) and AMD Radeon RX 470. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

764
Place in performance rating
169
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Value for money (0-100)
90.33
GCN 1.1
Architecture
Polaris
Kaveri
Code name
Ellesmere
Laptop
Type
Desktop
4 June 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
4 August 2016 (5 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$179
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Price now
$145 (0.8x MSRP)
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Value for money
69.00
Kaveri
GPU code name
Polaris 10 Pro
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) and AMD Radeon RX 470 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
2048
533 MHz
Core clock speed
926 MHz
654 MHz
Boost Clock
1206 MHz
2410 Million
Transistor count
5,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
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Texture fill rate
154.4
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Floating-point performance
4,940 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
654 MHz
Boost clock speed
1206 MHz
2410 Million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) and AMD Radeon RX 470.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
241 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-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 (Kaveri) and AMD Radeon RX 470 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
6600 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
211.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) and AMD Radeon RX 470, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) and AMD Radeon RX 470 is the additional functionality.

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FreeSync
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DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) and AMD Radeon RX 470. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
DirectX
12 (12_0)
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OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2.131
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) and AMD Radeon RX 470 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 (Kaveri) or AMD Radeon RX 470 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon RX 470
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon RX 470
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon RX 470 73.8 53.4
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon RX 470
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon RX 470
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 (Kaveri)

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 470

33.37% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

So, AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) or AMD Radeon RX 470?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 470 .

AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) versus AMD Radeon RX 470 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
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