AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU vs AMD Radeon HD 6990

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU and AMD Radeon HD 6990 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 Instinct MI25 MxGPU

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 830 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 375 Watt
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4979 vs 3014
  • 5.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 102.628 vs 17.264
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1762.559 vs 840.452
  • 4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.26 vs 1.76
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 86.313 vs 53.903
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 617.099 vs 265.302
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 8 March 2011
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 830 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt vs 375 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4979 vs 3014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 102.628 vs 17.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1762.559 vs 840.452
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.26 vs 1.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 86.313 vs 53.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 617.099 vs 265.302

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6990

  • 2.9x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1704 MHz
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 371
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4562 vs 1715
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 1177
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1724
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4562 vs 1715
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 1177
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1724
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1704 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 532 vs 371
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4562 vs 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 vs 1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 1724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4562 vs 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 vs 1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 1724

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6990

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4979
3014
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
371
532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
102.628
17.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1762.559
840.452
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.26
1.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
86.313
53.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
617.099
265.302
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1715
4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1177
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1724
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1715
4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1177
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1724
3356
Name AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU AMD Radeon HD 6990
PassMark - G3D Mark 4979 3014
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 532
Geekbench - OpenCL 23543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 102.628 17.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1762.559 840.452
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.26 1.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 86.313 53.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 617.099 265.302
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1715 4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1177 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1724 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1715 4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1177 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1724 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU AMD Radeon HD 6990

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 TeraScale 3
Code name Vega 10 Antilles
Launch date 27 June 2017 8 March 2011
Place in performance rating 668 665
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Price now $159.99
Value for money (0-100) 27.81

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1500 MHz
Core clock speed 1400 MHz 830 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 375 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 2,640 million
Floating-point performance 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Pipelines 2x 1536
Texture fill rate 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm 295 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Memory clock speed 1704 MHz 5000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5