AMD Radeon HD 6990 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6990 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 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.
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
- 16x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 256 MB
- 2.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2200 MHz
- 10.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3014 vs 283
- Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 371
- Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1701
- Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1701
| 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 256 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 2200 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3014 vs 283 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 532 vs 371 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3713 vs 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 vs 1701 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3713 vs 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 vs 1701 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
- 7.5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 375 Watt
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 375 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 6990 | ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3014 | 283 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 532 | 371 |
| 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 | 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 | 1701 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4562 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3713 | 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 | 1701 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 3 | TeraScale |
| Code name | Antilles | RV630 |
| Launch date | 8 March 2011 | 28 June 2007 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $199 |
| Place in performance rating | 644 | 646 |
| Price now | $159.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 27.81 | |
Technical info |
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| 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 | 50 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,640 million | 390 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 295 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 2 GB | 256 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 |
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