Radeon HD 6990M vs R9 M280X

Place in the ranking	868	613
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	3.64
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Saturn	Blackcomb
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 February 2015 (9 years ago)	12 July 2011 (13 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 cores	896	1120
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	715 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	61.60	40.04
Floating-point processing power	1.971 TFLOPS	1.602 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	56	56

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	large
Bus support	Not Listed	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	Not Listed	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	0 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	Not Listed	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	115.2 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

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 compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.3	5.0
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
OpenCL	Not Listed	1.2
Vulkan	-	N/A
Mantle	+	-

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. 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.

R9 M280X 2.11

HD 6990M 5.24
+148%

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.

R9 M280X 4698
+45.6%

HD 6990M 3227

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.

R9 M280X 9222

HD 6990M 15113
+63.9%

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	21−24 −157%	54 +157%
Full HD	26 −131%	60 +131%
4K	18 −122%	40−45 +122%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−80%

9−10
+80%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Battlefield 5	13 −7.7%	14−16 +7.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −200%	14−16 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −267%	30−35 +267%
Hitman 3	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −83.3%	30−35 +83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30 +57.9%	18−20 −57.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −30.6%	45−50 +30.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −200%	14−16 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −267%	30−35 +267%
Hitman 3	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −83.3%	30−35 +83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −90%	18−20 +90%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 +117%	18−20 −117%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −30.6%	45−50 +30.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −267%	30−35 +267%
Hitman 3	7−8 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −83.3%	30−35 +83.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −90%	18−20 +90%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9 −100%	18−20 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −30.6%	45−50 +30.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−180%

14−16
+180%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −100%	12−14 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −175%	30−35 +175%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−80%

9−10
+80%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	4−5
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−100%

6−7
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

6−7

+0%

6−7

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

This is how R9 M280X and HD 6990M compete in popular games:

HD 6990M is 157% faster in 900p
HD 6990M is 131% faster in 1080p
HD 6990M is 122% faster in 4K

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R9 M280X is 117% faster.
in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 6990M is 600% faster.

All in all, in popular games: