Radeon HD 6990M vs GeForce GTX 950M

Place in performance ranking	532	582
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.85	2.13
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	N16P-GT	Blackcomb XTX
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)	12 July 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price	$797	$190

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6990M has 151% better value for money than GTX 950M.

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	640	1120
CUDA cores	640	no data
Core clock speed	914 MHz	715 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	44.96	40.04
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops	1,601.6 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon HD 6990M 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	medium sized	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	+	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	DDR3 or GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32 or 80 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	No outputs
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	no data
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	no data
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data
BatteryBoost	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	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.

GTX 950M 6.69
+27.9%

HD 6990M 5.23

GeForce GTX 950M outperforms Radeon HD 6990M by 28% based on our aggregate 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%

GTX 950M 4367
+35.3%

HD 6990M 3227

GeForce GTX 950M outperforms Radeon HD 6990M by 35% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 950M 15710
+4%

HD 6990M 15113

GeForce GTX 950M outperforms Radeon HD 6990M by 4% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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	65−70 +20.4%	54 −20.4%
Full HD	32 −87.5%	60 +87.5%
1440p	24 +33.3%	18−20 −33.3%
4K	16 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10−12

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	23	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9	no data
Battlefield 5	24	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12	no data
Far Cry 5	24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	24	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35	no data
Hitman 3	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	38	no data
Metro Exodus	16−18	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	48	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	19	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9	no data
Battlefield 5	18−20	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12	no data
Far Cry 5	20	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	19	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35	no data
Hitman 3	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35	no data
Metro Exodus	10	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	38	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	11	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12	no data
Far Cry 5	15	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	19	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	11	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry 5	12	no data
Forza Horizon 4	12−14	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	13	no data
Metro Exodus	7−8	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6	no data
Hitman 3	3−4	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	no data
Far Cry 5	3−4	no data
Forza Horizon 4	7−8	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8	no data
Metro Exodus	8−9	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

This is how GTX 950M and HD 6990M compete in popular games:

GTX 950M is 20% faster in 900p
HD 6990M is 88% faster in 1080p
GTX 950M is 33% faster in 1440p
GTX 950M is 33% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.69	5.23
Recency	12 March 2015	12 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	100 Watt