AMD Radeon HD 6990 vs ATI FireGL V5600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6990 and ATI FireGL V5600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6990

ATI FireGL V5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6990

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 830 MHz vs 800 MHz
43.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
25.6x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 120
26.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,549.8 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2200 MHz
8.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3014 vs 341
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 445
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2204
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2204

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 March 2011 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	830 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 120
Floating-point performance	2x 2,549.8 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 2200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3014 vs 341
PassMark - G2D Mark	532 vs 445
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 2204
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 2204

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5600

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 375 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3014

341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

532

445

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

2204

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

2204

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6990	ATI FireGL V5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	3014	341
PassMark - G2D Mark	532	445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	17.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	840.452
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	53.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	265.302
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	2204
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	2204
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6990	ATI FireGL V5600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	TeraScale
Code name	Antilles	RV630
Launch date	8 March 2011	28 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$599
Place in performance rating	644	645
Price now	$159.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	27.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	830 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,549.8 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	120
Texture fill rate	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	89 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	295 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4