AMD Radeon HD 6990 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6200 X2 PCI

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6990 and NVIDIA GeForce 6200 X2 PCI 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 X2 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6990

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 830 MHz vs 280 MHz
13.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2x 1.12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 2x 256 MB
12.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	8 March 2011 vs 16 January 2008
Core clock speed	830 MHz vs 280 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2x 1.12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 X2 PCI

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6990	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 X2 PCI
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	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 X2 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Curie
Code name	Antilles	NV44 A2
Launch date	8 March 2011	16 January 2008
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	280 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	2x 1.12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	2x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	295 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	2x 3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2