RTX A2000 Embedded vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire with RTX A2000 Embedded, including specs and performance data.

HD 6990M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
9.12

RTX A2000 Embedded outperforms HD 6990M Crossfire by a whopping 191% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking522244
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data58.48
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTXGA107S
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date12 July 2011 (14 years ago)30 March 2022 (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 cores22402560
Core clock speed715 MHz607 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1177 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data94.16
Floating-point processing powerno data6.026 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data80
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20
L1 Cacheno data2.5 MB
L2 Cacheno data2 MB

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

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
−183%
280−290
+183%
Full HD108
−178%
300−350
+178%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−186%
140−150
+186%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−189%
55−60
+189%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 16−18
−165%
45−50
+165%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 40−45
−168%
110−120
+168%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−186%
140−150
+186%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−189%
55−60
+189%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−183%
85−90
+183%
Fortnite 55−60
−186%
160−170
+186%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−175%
110−120
+175%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
−186%
80−85
+186%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−188%
95−100
+188%
Valorant 90−95
−189%
260−270
+189%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 40−45
−168%
110−120
+168%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−186%
140−150
+186%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 140−150
−184%
400−450
+184%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−189%
55−60
+189%
Dota 2 65−70
−179%
190−200
+179%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−183%
85−90
+183%
Fortnite 55−60
−186%
160−170
+186%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−175%
110−120
+175%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
−186%
80−85
+186%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−179%
95−100
+179%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−178%
50−55
+178%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−188%
95−100
+188%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−171%
65−70
+171%
Valorant 90−95
−189%
260−270
+189%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 40−45
−168%
110−120
+168%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−189%
55−60
+189%
Dota 2 65−70
−179%
190−200
+179%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−183%
85−90
+183%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−175%
110−120
+175%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−188%
95−100
+188%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−171%
65−70
+171%
Valorant 90−95
−189%
260−270
+189%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 55−60
−186%
160−170
+186%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
−165%
45−50
+165%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 70−75
−186%
200−210
+186%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
−150%
30−33
+150%
Metro Exodus 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−171%
130−140
+171%
Valorant 100−110
−184%
290−300
+184%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 21−24
−173%
60−65
+173%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−189%
55−60
+189%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−173%
60−65
+173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−169%
35−40
+169%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
−189%
55−60
+189%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
−175%
55−60
+175%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Valorant 45−50
−171%
130−140
+171%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 10−12
−173%
30−33
+173%
Counter-Strike 2 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
Dota 2 30−35
−179%
95−100
+179%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−167%
24−27
+167%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−167%
24−27
+167%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
−167%
24−27
+167%

This is how HD 6990M Crossfire and RTX A2000 Embedded compete in popular games:

  • RTX A2000 Embedded is 183% faster in 900p
  • RTX A2000 Embedded is 178% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.12 26.58
Recency 12 July 2011 30 March 2022
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm

RTX A2000 Embedded has a 191% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A2000 Embedded is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while RTX A2000 Embedded is a mobile workstation one.

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