GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire and GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6990M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
9.05

RTX 3060 Mobile outperforms HD 6990M Crossfire by a whopping 234% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking475185
Place by popularitynot in top-10080
Power efficiencyno data27.74
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTXGA106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 July 2011 (13 years ago)12 January 2021 (4 years ago)

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 cores22403840
Core clock speed715 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1425 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data80 Watt
Texture fill rateno data171.0
Floating-point processing powerno data10.94 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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 sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data336.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD 6990M Crossfire 9.05
RTX 3060 Mobile 30.23
+234%

  • Other tests
    • 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
    • 3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 6990M Crossfire 6422
RTX 3060 Mobile 27419
+327%

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.

HD 6990M Crossfire 25759
RTX 3060 Mobile 57333
+123%

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:

900p99
−203%
300−350
+203%
Full HD108
+11.3%
97
−11.3%
1440p18−20
−256%
64
+256%
4K10−12
−290%
39
+290%

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−265%
170−180
+265%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−442%
103
+442%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−319%
65−70
+319%
Battlefield 5 40−45
−183%
110−120
+183%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−265%
170−180
+265%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−353%
86
+353%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−273%
112
+273%
Fortnite 55−60
−155%
140−150
+155%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−198%
110−120
+198%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
−329%
120
+329%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−450%
88
+450%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−267%
120−130
+267%
Valorant 85−90
−116%
190−200
+116%
Battlefield 5 40−45
−253%
141
+253%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−265%
170−180
+265%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 140−150
−95.7%
270−280
+95.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−263%
69
+263%
Dota 2 65−70
−95.5%
131
+95.5%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−253%
106
+253%
Fortnite 55−60
−155%
140−150
+155%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−198%
110−120
+198%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
−261%
101
+261%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−256%
121
+256%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−338%
70
+338%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−350%
81
+350%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−267%
120−130
+267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−517%
142
+517%
Valorant 85−90
−112%
189
+112%
Battlefield 5 40−45
−228%
131
+228%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−226%
62
+226%
Dota 2 65−70
−85.1%
124
+85.1%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−237%
101
+237%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−198%
110−120
+198%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−263%
58
+263%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−267%
120−130
+267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−239%
78
+239%
Valorant 85−90
−93.3%
172
+93.3%
Fortnite 55−60
−155%
140−150
+155%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
−356%
70−75
+356%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 70−75
−201%
210−220
+201%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
−477%
75
+477%
Metro Exodus 10−11
−400%
50
+400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−289%
170−180
+289%
Valorant 100−110
−198%
304
+198%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−373%
104
+373%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−388%
39
+388%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−342%
84
+342%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−273%
80−85
+273%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
−320%
42
+320%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−315%
50−55
+315%
Fortnite 18−20
−300%
75−80
+300%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−1550%
30−35
+1550%
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
−265%
73
+265%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−400%
20−22
+400%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−520%
31
+520%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−450%
55
+450%
Valorant 45−50
−289%
180−190
+289%
Battlefield 5 10−12
−473%
63
+473%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−1550%
30−35
+1550%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−400%
15
+400%
Dota 2 30−35
−188%
95
+188%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−300%
40
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−267%
55−60
+267%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−525%
25
+525%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−300%
35−40
+300%
Fortnite 9−10
−300%
35−40
+300%

This is how HD 6990M Crossfire and RTX 3060 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 203% faster in 900p
  • HD 6990M Crossfire is 11% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 256% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 290% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 1550% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3060 Mobile surpassed HD 6990M Crossfire in all 66 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.05 30.23
Recency 12 July 2011 12 January 2021
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm

RTX 3060 Mobile has a 234% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in performance tests.

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