GeForce GTX 260M SLI vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

Place in performance ranking	425	711
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.69	0.93
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Blackcomb XTX	NB9E-GTX
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 July 2011 (12 years ago)	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)
Current price	$170	$149

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6990M Crossfire has 834% better value for money than GTX 260M SLI.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	2240	224
Core clock speed	715 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	2x1700 Million	1508 Million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	150 Watt

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire and GeForce GTX 260M SLI compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size

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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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2x2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	950 MHz
Shared memory	-	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	10
CUDA	no data	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 6990M Crossfire 9.75
+207%

GTX 260M SLI 3.18

Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire outperforms GeForce GTX 260M SLI by 207% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6990M Crossfire 25759
+188%

GTX 260M SLI 8959

Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire outperforms GeForce GTX 260M SLI by 188% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p	99 +230%	30−35 −230%
Full HD	108 +209%	35−40 −209%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16	no data
Battlefield 5	30−33	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	21−24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30	no data
Forza Horizon 4	45−50	no data
Hitman 3	18−20	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Metro Exodus	30−33	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16	no data
Battlefield 5	30−33	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	21−24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30	no data
Forza Horizon 4	45−50	no data
Hitman 3	18−20	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Metro Exodus	30−33	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	21−24	no data
Forza Horizon 4	45−50	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	no data
Far Cry 5	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	18−20	no data
Hitman 3	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22	no data
Metro Exodus	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8	no data
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6	no data
Forza Horizon 4	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11	no data
Metro Exodus	10−11	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4	no data