Quadro RTX 6000 vs Radeon HD 6990M

Place in the ranking	613	65
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.24
Power efficiency	3.62	12.91
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Blackcomb	TU102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	12 July 2011 (13 years ago)	13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$6,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	1120	4608
Core clock speed	715 MHz	1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	260 Watt
Texture fill rate	40.04	509.8
Floating-point processing power	1.602 TFLOPS	16.31 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	96
TMUs	56	288
Tensor Cores	no data	576
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	72

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 size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	672.0 GB/s
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

4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

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 −826%	500−550 +826%
Full HD	60 −817%	550−600 +817%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

11.45

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10
−789%

80−85

+789%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −757%	120−130 +757%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −817%	55−60 +817%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −757%	120−130 +757%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −809%	100−105 +809%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −789%	80−85 +789%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −809%	100−105 +809%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −767%	130−140 +767%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −809%	300−310 +809%
Hitman 3	10−12 −809%	100−105 +809%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −809%	300−310 +809%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −823%	120−130 +823%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −757%	120−130 +757%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −795%	170−180 +795%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −751%	400−450 +751%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −757%	120−130 +757%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −817%	55−60 +817%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −757%	120−130 +757%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −809%	100−105 +809%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −789%	80−85 +789%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −809%	100−105 +809%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −767%	130−140 +767%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −809%	300−310 +809%
Hitman 3	10−12 −809%	100−105 +809%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −809%	300−310 +809%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −823%	120−130 +823%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −757%	120−130 +757%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −795%	170−180 +795%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −789%	160−170 +789%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −751%	400−450 +751%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −757%	120−130 +757%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −817%	55−60 +817%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −809%	100−105 +809%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −789%	80−85 +789%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −809%	100−105 +809%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −809%	300−310 +809%
Hitman 3	10−12 −809%	100−105 +809%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −809%	300−310 +809%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −795%	170−180 +795%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −789%	160−170 +789%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −751%	400−450 +751%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16
−757%

120−130

+757%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −800%	90−95 +800%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −775%	70−75 +775%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −800%	45−50 +800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −800%	45−50 +800%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −817%	55−60 +817%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −823%	120−130 +823%
Hitman 3	9−10 −789%	80−85 +789%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −817%	110−120 +817%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −775%	35−40 +775%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −809%	300−310 +809%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
−789%

80−85

+789%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −775%	35−40 +775%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Hitman 3	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −789%	80−85 +789%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −775%	35−40 +775%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
−817%

55−60

+817%

This is how HD 6990M and RTX 6000 compete in popular games:

RTX 6000 is 826% faster in 900p
RTX 6000 is 817% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.24	48.56
Recency	12 July 2011	13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	260 Watt

HD 6990M has 160% lower power consumption.

RTX 6000, on the other hand, has a 826.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6990M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6990M is a notebook card while Quadro RTX 6000 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.