AMD Radeon HD 6990 videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 6990

Radeon HD 6990 videocard released by AMD; release date: 8 March 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $699. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 3 microarchitecture codenamed Antilles.

Core clock speed - 830 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 1536. Floating-point performance - 2x 2,549.8 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 2,640 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 375 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 2 GB. Memory bus width - 2x 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 160.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
3014
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
17.264 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
840.452 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.760 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
53.903 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
265.302 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
4562 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3713 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3356 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
4562.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3713.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3356.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 3014
PassMark - G2D Mark 532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 17.264 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 840.452 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.760 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 53.903 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 265.302 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 4562 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3713 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3356 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 4562.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3713.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3356.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 3
Code name Antilles
Launch date 8 March 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Place in performance rating 672
Price now $159.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 27.81

Technical info

Core clock speed 830 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 2x 1536
Texture fill rate 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 375 Watt
Transistor count 2,640 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 295 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5