AMD Radeon HD 6990 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6990 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM 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 GT 415 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6990

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 830 MHz vs 625 MHz
28x more texture fill rate: 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 48
39.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,549.8 gflops vs 130.56 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 512 MB
7.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 666 MHz
12x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3014 vs 251
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 March 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Core clock speed	830 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 48
Floating-point performance	2x 2,549.8 gflops vs 130.56 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3014 vs 251
PassMark - G2D Mark	532 vs 249

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

11.7x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 375 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3014

251

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

532

249

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6990	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	3014	251
PassMark - G2D Mark	532	249
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 GT 415 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Antilles	GT216
Launch date	8 March 2011	3 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Place in performance rating	666	667
Price now	$159.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	830 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,549.8 gflops	130.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	48
Texture fill rate	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	486 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	295 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3