GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs Radeon HD 6990M

Place in performance ranking	579	199
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.07	no data
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Blackcomb XTX	GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 July 2011 (12 years ago)	6 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price	$190	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	1120	2560
Core clock speed	715 MHz	1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1492 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	40.04	no data
Floating-point performance	1,601.6 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6990M and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 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	large	large
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12_2
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	N/A	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 5.23

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 25.01
+378%

GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 6990M by 378% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6990M 3227

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 17421
+440%

GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 6990M by 440% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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	54 −363%	250−260 +363%
Full HD	60 −18.3%	71 +18.3%
1440p	6−7 −450%	33 +450%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10

−800%

81
+800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −390%	45−50 +390%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −780%	40−45 +780%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −406%	80−85 +406%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −288%	65−70 +288%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −611%	64 +611%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −655%	83 +655%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −450%	65−70 +450%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −388%	80−85 +388%
Hitman 3	12−14 −525%	75−80 +525%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −440%	50−55 +440%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −310%	40−45 +310%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −586%	45−50 +586%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −390%	45−50 +390%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −780%	40−45 +780%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −406%	80−85 +406%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −288%	65−70 +288%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −411%	46 +411%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −591%	76 +591%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −450%	65−70 +450%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −388%	80−85 +388%
Hitman 3	12−14 −525%	75−80 +525%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −440%	50−55 +440%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −500%	40−45 +500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −310%	40−45 +310%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −727%	91 +727%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −586%	45−50 +586%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −390%	45−50 +390%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −780%	40−45 +780%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −406%	80−85 +406%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −333%	39 +333%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −545%	71 +545%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −450%	65−70 +450%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −388%	80−85 +388%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −355%	50 +355%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −586%	45−50 +586%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −375%	35−40 +375%
Hitman 3	9−10 −367%	40−45 +367%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −200%	30−35 +200%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −733%	24−27 +733%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −533%	18−20 +533%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −313%	30−35 +313%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −5500%	55−60 +5500%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −700%	16−18 +700%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −550%	52 +550%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −860%	45−50 +860%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −629%	50−55 +629%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −640%	37 +640%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1800%	18−20 +1800%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −375%	18−20 +375%
Hitman 3	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −333%	12−14 +333%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −1600%	16−18 +1600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Battlefield 5	0−1	30−33
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	6−7
Far Cry 5	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −775%	35−40 +775%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	10−12

This is how HD 6990M and RTX 3050 6GB Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 363% faster in 900p
RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 18% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 450% faster in 1440p

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

in Battlefield 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 5500% faster than the HD 6990M.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 3050 6GB Mobile surpassed HD 6990M in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.23	25.01
Recency	12 July 2011	6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	60 Watt