Radeon HD 6990M vs RX 8060S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 8060S and Radeon HD 6990M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.


RX 8060S
2025
40.46
+785%

8060S outperforms HD 6990M by a whopping 785% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking118700
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data3.52
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameno dataBlackcomb
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2025 (1 year ago)12 July 2011 (14 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 cores401120
Core clock speedno data715 MHz
Boost clock speed2900 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data1,700 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data40.04
Floating-point processing powerno data1.602 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data56
L1 Cacheno data224 KB
L2 Cacheno data512 KB

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 sizeno datalarge
Interfaceno dataMXM-B (3.0)
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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data115.2 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data11.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-N/A

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

RX 8060S 40.46
+785%
HD 6990M 4.57

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.

RX 8060S 40164
+1145%
HD 6990M 3227

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.

RX 8060S 96996
+542%
HD 6990M 15113

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:

900p450−500
+733%
54
−733%
Full HD103
+71.7%
60
−71.7%
1440p51
+920%
5−6
−920%
4K35
+1067%
3−4
−1067%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 220−230
+1020%
20−22
−1020%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+967%
9−10
−967%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 110−120
+1486%
7−8
−1486%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 130−140
+621%
18−20
−621%
Counter-Strike 2 215
+975%
20−22
−975%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+967%
9−10
−967%
Far Cry 5 96
+586%
14−16
−586%
Fortnite 170−180
+552%
27−30
−552%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+614%
21−24
−614%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+892%
12−14
−892%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+783%
18−20
−783%
Valorant 230−240
+298%
55−60
−298%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 130−140
+621%
18−20
−621%
Counter-Strike 2 109
+445%
20−22
−445%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+249%
80−85
−249%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+967%
9−10
−967%
Far Cry 5 95
+579%
14−16
−579%
Fortnite 170−180
+552%
27−30
−552%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+614%
21−24
−614%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+892%
12−14
−892%
Grand Theft Auto V 127
+747%
14−16
−747%
Metro Exodus 95−100
+989%
9−10
−989%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+783%
18−20
−783%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140−150
+1038%
12−14
−1038%
Valorant 230−240
+298%
55−60
−298%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 130−140
+621%
18−20
−621%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+967%
9−10
−967%
Far Cry 5 92
+557%
14−16
−557%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+614%
21−24
−614%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+783%
18−20
−783%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 101
+677%
12−14
−677%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 170−180
+552%
27−30
−552%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 71
+689%
9−10
−689%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 280−290
+723%
35−40
−723%
Grand Theft Auto V 70
+2233%
3−4
−2233%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+1900%
3−4
−1900%
Valorant 260−270
+430%
50−55
−430%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 100−110
+3333%
3−4
−3333%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+1533%
3−4
−1533%
Far Cry 5 100−105
+1011%
9−10
−1011%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+973%
10−12
−973%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+1029%
7−8
−1029%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 100−110
+1111%
9−10
−1111%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 36
+800%
4−5
−800%
Grand Theft Auto V 76
+375%
16−18
−375%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70 0−1
Valorant 240−250
+983%
21−24
−983%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 65−70
+6400%
1−2
−6400%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+1733%
3−4
−1733%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1217%
6−7
−1217%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+1040%
5−6
−1040%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 50−55
+980%
5−6
−980%

Full HD
High

Dota 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Dota 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Valorant 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

1440p
High

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

This is how RX 8060S and HD 6990M compete in popular games:

  • RX 8060S is 733% faster in 900p
  • RX 8060S is 72% faster in 1080p
  • RX 8060S is 920% faster in 1440p
  • RX 8060S is 1067% faster in 4K

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 8060S is 6400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 8060S performs better in 51 tests (91%)
  • there's a draw in 5 tests (9%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 40.46 4.57
Recency 6 January 2025 12 July 2011

RX 8060S has a 785% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 13 years.

The Radeon RX 8060S is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6990M in performance tests.

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