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.

AMD Radeon HD 6990

ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP

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
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
Essentials
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
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
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	295 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
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