Hainan vs Radeon HD 6990

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Combined performance score

HD 6990
7.77
+155%

Radeon HD 6990 outperforms Hainan by 155% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking485723
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.54no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Sea Islands
GPU code nameAntillesHainan
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 March 2011 (13 years old)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data
Current price$144 (0.2x MSRP)$23
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1536320
Core clock speed830 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,640 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Wattno data
Texture fill rate79.68no data
Floating-point performance2x 2,549.8 gflopsno data

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length295 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed5000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPortno data

API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.06.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.1 (1.2)
VulkanN/A1.2.170

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.77 3.05
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

The Radeon HD 6990 is our recommended choice as it beats the Hainan in performance tests.


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