Radeon HD 6930 vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6930 and Radeon R7 Carrizo. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon HD 6930 and Radeon R7 Carrizo. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon R7 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 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 R7 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6930 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 186 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6930 has 1450% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
  • Radeon HD 6930 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • Radeon HD 6930 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • Radeon HD 6930 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 2−3
ultra / 1080p 5−6 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 12−14
medium / 1080p 10−12 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6930 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6930 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Cayman Carrizo
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 1 December 2011 4 June 2015
Pipelines 1280 512
Core clock speed 750 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 60.00
Floating-point performance 1,920.0 gflops
Length 220 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Laptop size medium sized
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