AMD Radeon HD 6990 vs ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6990 and ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP 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 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 66% higher core clock speed: 830 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 35x more texture fill rate: 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
- 16x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 256 MB
- 5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Launch date | 8 March 2011 vs 1 March 2004 |
Core clock speed | 830 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 130 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2x 2 GB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP
- 6.9x lower typical power consumption: 54 Watt vs 375 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 54 Watt vs 375 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP
Name | AMD Radeon HD 6990 | ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3014 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 532 | |
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 X800 XT AGP | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 3 | R400 |
Code name | Antilles | R420 |
Launch date | 8 March 2011 | 1 March 2004 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | |
Place in performance rating | 644 | not rated |
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 | 500 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2x 2,549.8 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 130 nm |
Pipelines | 2x 1536 | |
Texture fill rate | 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec | 8 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 375 Watt | 54 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,640 million | 160 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Length | 295 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x Molex |
API support |
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DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2x 2 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 2x 160.0 GB / s | 32.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | 1000 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |