AMD Radeon HD 6990 vs ATI Radeon X600 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6990 and ATI Radeon X600 PRO 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 Radeon X600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6990

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 830 MHz vs 400 MHz
174.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 128 MB
8.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 600 MHz
45x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3014 vs 67
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 252

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 March 2011 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	830 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3014 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	532 vs 252

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 PRO

10.4x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 375 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3014

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

532

252

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6990	ATI Radeon X600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	3014	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	532	252
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6990	ATI Radeon X600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Rage 9
Code name	Antilles	RV370
Launch date	8 March 2011	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Place in performance rating	673	676
Price now	$159.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	830 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,549.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
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)	9.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR