Radeon RX 6900 vs HD 6990M Crossfire

Place in the ranking	450	22
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	18.78
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Blackcomb XTX	Navi 21
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	12 July 2011 (13 years ago)	28 October 2020 (4 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	2240	4608
Core clock speed	715 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2105 MHz
Number of transistors	2x1700 Million	23,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	255 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	606.2
Floating-point processing power	no data	19.4 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	288

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	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2x2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	no data	512.0 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 data	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	-	1.2

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	99 −557%	650−700 +557%
Full HD	106 −560%	700−750 +560%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −584%	130−140 +584%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 −550%	130−140 +550%
Elden Ring	27−30 −555%	190−200 +555%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 −567%	220−230 +567%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −584%	130−140 +584%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 −550%	130−140 +550%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −575%	270−280 +575%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −567%	180−190 +567%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −567%	180−190 +567%
Valorant	35−40 −584%	260−270 +584%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 −567%	220−230 +567%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −584%	130−140 +584%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 −550%	130−140 +550%
Dota 2	35−40 −567%	240−250 +567%
Elden Ring	27−30 −555%	190−200 +555%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −583%	280−290 +583%
Fortnite	55−60 −578%	400−450 +578%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −575%	270−280 +575%
Grand Theft Auto V	35−40 −567%	240−250 +567%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −567%	180−190 +567%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 −541%	500−550 +541%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −567%	180−190 +567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 −567%	200−210 +567%
Valorant	35−40 −584%	260−270 +584%
World of Tanks	140−150 −555%	950−1000 +555%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 −567%	220−230 +567%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −584%	130−140 +584%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 −550%	130−140 +550%
Dota 2	35−40 −567%	240−250 +567%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −583%	280−290 +583%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −575%	270−280 +575%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 −541%	500−550 +541%
Valorant	35−40 −584%	260−270 +584%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	12−14 −554%	85−90 +554%
Elden Ring	14−16 −579%	95−100 +579%
Grand Theft Auto V	12−14 −554%	85−90 +554%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 −525%	300−310 +525%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −567%	60−65 +567%
World of Tanks	70−75 −525%	450−500 +525%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −584%	130−140 +584%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −582%	75−80 +582%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −582%	150−160 +582%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −582%	150−160 +582%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −584%	130−140 +584%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −567%	80−85 +567%
Valorant	24−27 −580%	170−180 +580%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%
Dota 2	20−22 −550%	130−140 +550%
Elden Ring	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
Grand Theft Auto V	20−22 −550%	130−140 +550%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −555%	190−200 +555%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −567%	40−45 +567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 −550%	130−140 +550%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −567%	60−65 +567%
Counter-Strike 2	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Dota 2	20−22 −550%	130−140 +550%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −567%	80−85 +567%
Fortnite	10−12 −582%	75−80 +582%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −554%	85−90 +554%
Valorant	10−11 −550%	65−70 +550%