Radeon R9 M270X vs HD 6990M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M270X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6990M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
8.55
+214%

HD 6990M Crossfire outperforms R9 M270X by a whopping 214% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking506807
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTXVenus
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 July 2011 (14 years ago)21 March 2014 (11 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 cores2240640
Compute unitsno data10
Core clock speed715 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speedno data775 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Texture fill rateno data31.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.992 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data40
L1 Cacheno data160 KB
L2 Cacheno data256 KB

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
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data72 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 dataNo outputs
Eyefinity-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync-+
HD3D-+
PowerTune-+
DualGraphics-+
ZeroCore-+
Switchable graphics-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11DirectX® 11
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno dataNot Listed
Mantle-+

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
+230%
30−35
−230%
Full HD108
+260%
30−35
−260%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+250%
14−16
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 40−45
+233%
12−14
−233%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+250%
14−16
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+233%
9−10
−233%
Fortnite 55−60
+244%
16−18
−244%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+233%
12−14
−233%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
+250%
8−9
−250%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+230%
10−11
−230%
Valorant 90−95
+233%
27−30
−233%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 40−45
+233%
12−14
−233%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+250%
14−16
−250%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 140−150
+250%
40−45
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Dota 2 65−70
+219%
21−24
−219%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+233%
9−10
−233%
Fortnite 55−60
+244%
16−18
−244%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+233%
12−14
−233%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
+250%
8−9
−250%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+240%
10−11
−240%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+230%
10−11
−230%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+243%
7−8
−243%
Valorant 90−95
+233%
27−30
−233%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 40−45
+233%
12−14
−233%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Dota 2 65−70
+219%
21−24
−219%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+233%
9−10
−233%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+233%
12−14
−233%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+230%
10−11
−230%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+243%
7−8
−243%
Valorant 90−95
+233%
27−30
−233%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 55−60
+244%
16−18
−244%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 70−75
+233%
21−24
−233%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+229%
14−16
−229%
Valorant 100−110
+240%
30−33
−240%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
+233%
6−7
−233%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Valorant 45−50
+243%
14−16
−243%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 30−35
+240%
10−11
−240%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%

This is how HD 6990M Crossfire and R9 M270X compete in popular games:

  • HD 6990M Crossfire is 230% faster in 900p
  • HD 6990M Crossfire is 260% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.55 2.72
Recency 12 July 2011 21 March 2014
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

HD 6990M Crossfire has a 214.3% higher aggregate performance score.

R9 M270X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M270X in performance tests.

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