GeForce GT 710M vs Radeon HD 6990M

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6990M and GeForce GT 710M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6990M
2011
2 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
5.24
+356%

HD 6990M outperforms GT 710M by a whopping 356% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6101065
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.635.31
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameBlackcombGF117
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 July 2011 (13 years ago)9 January 2013 (11 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 cores112096
Core clock speed715 MHz775 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate40.0412.40
Floating-point processing power1.602 TFLOPS0.2976 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs5616

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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/s14.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-2.1

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:

900p54
+440%
10−12
−440%
Full HD58
+383%
12−14
−383%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%
Hitman 3 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+370%
10−11
−370%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%
Hitman 3 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+370%
10−11
−370%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%
Hitman 3 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+370%
10−11
−370%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%
Hitman 3 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1
Hitman 3 1−2 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

This is how HD 6990M and GT 710M compete in popular games:

  • HD 6990M is 440% faster in 900p
  • HD 6990M is 383% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.24 1.15
Recency 12 July 2011 9 January 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 15 Watt

HD 6990M has a 355.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 710M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6990M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 710M in performance tests.


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