GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire and GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6990M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
10.34

GTX 1050 Max-Q outperforms HD 6990M Crossfire by a minimal 2% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking442436
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data9.62
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTXGP107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 July 2011 (13 years ago)3 January 2018 (6 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 cores2240640
Core clock speed715 MHz1190 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1328 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data75 Watt
Texture fill rateno data53.12
Floating-point processing powerno data1.7 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data40

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 sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount2x2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data112.1 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

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 6990M Crossfire 10.34
GTX 1050 Max-Q 10.52
+1.7%

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.

HD 6990M Crossfire 6422
GTX 1050 Max-Q 7154
+11.4%

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.

HD 6990M Crossfire 25759
GTX 1050 Max-Q 26081
+1.3%

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:

900p99
−1%
100−110
+1%
Full HD106
+136%
45
−136%
1440p24−27
−12.5%
27
+12.5%
4K12−14
−16.7%
14
+16.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−54.2%
37
+54.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−6.5%
30−35
+6.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−55%
31
+55%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−60.9%
37
+60.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−7.4%
27−30
+7.4%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−7.7%
70−75
+7.7%
Hitman 3 18−20
−5.3%
20−22
+5.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−5.6%
55−60
+5.6%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−41.9%
44
+41.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−63%
44
+63%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−96.9%
63
+96.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−3.2%
65−70
+3.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−4.2%
24−27
+4.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−6.5%
30−35
+6.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−45%
29
+45%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−30.4%
30
+30.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−7.4%
27−30
+7.4%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−49.2%
97
+49.2%
Hitman 3 18−20
−5.3%
20−22
+5.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−5.6%
55−60
+5.6%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−12.9%
35
+12.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−11.1%
30
+11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−6.3%
30−35
+6.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−7.7%
27−30
+7.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−3.2%
65−70
+3.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+50%
16
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+5.3%
19
−5.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+4.5%
22
−4.5%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−7.7%
70−75
+7.7%
Hitman 3 18−20
−5.3%
20−22
+5.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−5.6%
55−60
+5.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−6.3%
30−35
+6.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+23.8%
21
−23.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−3.2%
65−70
+3.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−14.8%
31
+14.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+0%
10
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−10%
11
+10%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−11.6%
45−50
+11.6%
Hitman 3 12−14
−7.7%
14−16
+7.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−10%
21−24
+10%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−71.4%
24
+71.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−25%
14−16
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−8.1%
65−70
+8.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−25%
20
+25%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Hitman 3 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−11.9%
45−50
+11.9%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−62.5%
13
+62.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−85.7%
13
+85.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+0%
6
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−50%
6
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−20%
6
+20%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−8.3%
12−14
+8.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−11.1%
10
+11.1%

This is how HD 6990M Crossfire and GTX 1050 Max-Q compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 Max-Q is 1% faster in 900p
  • HD 6990M Crossfire is 136% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1050 Max-Q is 13% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1050 Max-Q is 17% faster in 4K

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6990M Crossfire is 50% faster.
  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1050 Max-Q is 97% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6990M Crossfire is ahead in 4 tests (6%)
  • GTX 1050 Max-Q is ahead in 63 tests (88%)
  • there's a draw in 5 tests (7%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.34 10.52
Recency 12 July 2011 3 January 2018
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm

GTX 1050 Max-Q has a 1.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire and GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q.


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AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
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