Radeon R6 Carrizo vs Radeon R9 A375

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R6 Carrizo and Radeon R9 A375, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon R6 Carrizo stacks up against Radeon R9 A375, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R6 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R6 Carrizo is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R6 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  Radeon R6 Carrizo Radeon R9 A375
Power consumption (TDP) 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon R6 Carrizo is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 A375 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon R6 Carrizo is build with GCN 1.2/2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 A375 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Radeon R6 Carrizo and Radeon R9 A375 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 2−3
ultra / 1080p 0−1 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 10−12 12−14
medium / 1080p 2−3 4−5
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 A375 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  Radeon R6 Carrizo Radeon R9 A375
Architecture GCN 1.2/2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Carrizo Venus
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 4 June 2015 no data
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 2410 Million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 37.00
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 12_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2
Laptop size medium sized
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