GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire with GeForce GTX 550 Ti, including specs and performance data.

HD 6990M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
10.35
+157%

HD 6990M Crossfire outperforms GTX 550 Ti by a whopping 157% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking441695
Place by popularitynot in top-10081
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.79
Power efficiencyno data2.38
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTXGF116
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 July 2011 (13 years ago)15 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$149

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 cores2240192
Core clock speed715 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data116 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data100 °C
Texture fill rateno data28.80
Floating-point processing powerno data0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPsno data24
TMUsno data32

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportno data16x PCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin
SLI options-+

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 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz4.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data98.4 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 dataTwo Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.2
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

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 10.35
+157%
GTX 550 Ti 4.03

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
+183%
GTX 550 Ti 2272

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
+152%
GTX 550 Ti 10229

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
+161%
38
−161%
Full HD106
+179%
38
−179%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.92

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+118%
10−12
−118%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+244%
9−10
−244%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+188%
8−9
−188%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+145%
10−12
−145%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+171%
24−27
−171%
Hitman 3 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+100%
27−30
−100%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+288%
8−9
−288%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+170%
10−11
−170%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+113%
14−16
−113%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+46.5%
40−45
−46.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+118%
10−12
−118%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+244%
9−10
−244%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+188%
8−9
−188%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+145%
10−12
−145%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+171%
24−27
−171%
Hitman 3 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+100%
27−30
−100%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+288%
8−9
−288%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+170%
10−11
−170%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+113%
14−16
−113%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+62.5%
16−18
−62.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+46.5%
40−45
−46.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+118%
10−12
−118%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+188%
8−9
−188%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+171%
24−27
−171%
Hitman 3 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+100%
27−30
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+113%
14−16
−113%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+62.5%
16−18
−62.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+46.5%
40−45
−46.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+170%
10−11
−170%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+171%
7−8
−171%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+150%
6−7
−150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+760%
5−6
−760%
Hitman 3 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+148%
24−27
−148%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Hitman 3 6−7 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+163%
16−18
−163%
Metro Exodus 8−9 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%

This is how HD 6990M Crossfire and GTX 550 Ti compete in popular games:

  • HD 6990M Crossfire is 161% faster in 900p
  • HD 6990M Crossfire is 179% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6990M Crossfire is 760% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, HD 6990M Crossfire surpassed GTX 550 Ti in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.35 4.03
Recency 12 July 2011 15 March 2011

HD 6990M Crossfire has a 156.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 months.

The Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 550 Ti is a desktop one.


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

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AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
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