Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire vs Quadro RTX 4000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro RTX 4000 with Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire, including specs and performance data.

RTX 4000
2018
8 GB GDDR6, 160 Watt
39.65
+293%

RTX 4000 outperforms HD 6990M Crossfire by a whopping 293% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking110450
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.82no data
Power efficiency17.06no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameTU104Blackcomb XTX
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date13 November 2018 (6 years ago)12 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores23042240
Core clock speed1005 MHz715 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 million2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Wattno data
Texture fill rate222.5no data
Floating-point processing power7.119 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs144no data
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2x2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth416.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-Cno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)11
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p350−400
+254%
99
−254%
Full HD400−450
+277%
106
−277%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.25no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Elden Ring 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Valorant 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Dota 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Elden Ring 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Fortnite 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Valorant 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
World of Tanks 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Dota 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Valorant 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Elden Ring 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
World of Tanks 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Dota 2 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Elden Ring 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Dota 2 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Fortnite 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Valorant 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

This is how RTX 4000 and HD 6990M Crossfire compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4000 is 254% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4000 is 277% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.65 10.09
Recency 13 November 2018 12 July 2011
Chip lithography 12 nm 40 nm

RTX 4000 has a 293% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 is a workstation card while Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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