Radeon RX 7900 XT vs HD 6990M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire with Radeon RX 7900 XT, including specs and performance data.

HD 6990M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
10.34

RX 7900 XT outperforms HD 6990M Crossfire by a whopping 623% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking44013
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data37.52
Power efficiencyno data17.23
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTXNavi 31
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 July 2011 (13 years ago)3 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$899

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 cores22405376
Core clock speed715 MHz1387 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2394 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data300 Watt
Texture fill rateno data804.4
Floating-point processing powerno data51.48 TFLOPS
ROPsno data192
TMUsno data336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data276 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GB20 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data800.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
Vulkan-1.3

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
RX 7900 XT 74.78
+623%

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
RX 7900 XT 75896
+1082%

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
RX 7900 XT 142489
+453%

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
−607%
700−750
+607%
Full HD106
−95.3%
207
+95.3%
1440p18−20
−661%
137
+661%
4K12−14
−642%
89
+642%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.34
1440pno data6.56
4Kno data10.10

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−1480%
237
+1480%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−538%
150−160
+538%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−800%
130−140
+800%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−674%
240−250
+674%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−500%
120−130
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−1313%
212
+1313%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−413%
110−120
+413%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−585%
180−190
+585%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−275%
240−250
+275%
Hitman 3 18−20
−579%
120−130
+579%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−396%
260−270
+396%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−400%
150−160
+400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−356%
120−130
+356%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−900%
300−350
+900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−143%
150−160
+143%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−538%
150−160
+538%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−800%
130−140
+800%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−674%
240−250
+674%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−500%
120−130
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−1167%
190
+1167%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−413%
110−120
+413%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−585%
180−190
+585%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−275%
240−250
+275%
Hitman 3 18−20
−579%
120−130
+579%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−396%
260−270
+396%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−400%
150−160
+400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−356%
120−130
+356%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−1438%
492
+1438%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−523%
160−170
+523%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−143%
150−160
+143%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−538%
150−160
+538%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−800%
130−140
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−500%
120−130
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−1093%
179
+1093%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−413%
110−120
+413%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−275%
240−250
+275%
Hitman 3 18−20
−579%
120−130
+579%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−548%
350
+548%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−1225%
424
+1225%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−919%
265
+919%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−143%
150−160
+143%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−356%
120−130
+356%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−774%
160−170
+774%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−647%
110−120
+647%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−790%
85−90
+790%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−1517%
95−100
+1517%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−720%
80−85
+720%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−2340%
122
+2340%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−664%
80−85
+664%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−530%
270−280
+530%
Hitman 3 12−14
−738%
100−110
+738%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−1285%
277
+1285%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−907%
141
+907%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−2608%
325
+2608%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−1433%
130−140
+1433%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−287%
240−250
+287%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−650%
120−130
+650%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−878%
85−90
+878%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−886%
65−70
+886%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1017%
65−70
+1017%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−438%
220−230
+438%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−1425%
120−130
+1425%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−2171%
159
+2171%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−950%
60−65
+950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−1425%
60−65
+1425%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1200%
50−55
+1200%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−5900%
60
+5900%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−900%
50−55
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−1033%
130−140
+1033%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−2783%
173
+2783%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−833%
80−85
+833%

This is how HD 6990M Crossfire and RX 7900 XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XT is 607% faster in 900p
  • RX 7900 XT is 95% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900 XT is 661% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900 XT is 642% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7900 XT is 5900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 7900 XT surpassed HD 6990M Crossfire in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.34 74.78
Recency 12 July 2011 3 November 2022
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm

RX 7900 XT has a 623.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7900 XT is a desktop one.


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