Radeon RX 550 vs HD 6990

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6990 and Radeon RX 550, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6990
2011
2 GB GDDR5, 375 Watt
7.82
+10.5%

HD 6990 outperforms RX 550 by a moderate 10% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking522550
Place by popularitynot in top-10021
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.632.92
Power efficiency1.439.71
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameAntillesLexa
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 March 2011 (13 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 550 has 363% better value for money than HD 6990.

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 cores1536512
Core clock speed830 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1183 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate79.6837.86
Floating-point processing power2.55 TFLOPS1.211 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs9632

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length295 mm145 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s112.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

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.

HD 6990 7.82
+10.5%
RX 550 7.08

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6990 3013
+10.4%
RX 550 2728

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.82 7.08
Recency 8 March 2011 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 50 Watt

HD 6990 has a 10.5% higher aggregate performance score.

RX 550, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 650% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6990 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon HD 6990
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