AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 6990
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 830 MHz
- 139.5x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 5.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 375 Watt
- Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 vs 8 March 2011 |
| Core clock speed | 1219 MHz vs 830 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 39.01 GTexel/s vs 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt vs 375 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz vs 5000 MHz |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6990
- 6x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 512
- 4249.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,549.8 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
- Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 630 vs 368
- Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3013 vs 1857
- Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 2296
- Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 2296
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 2x 1536 vs 512 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 2,549.8 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 630 vs 368 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3013 vs 1857 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3713 vs 2296 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3713 vs 2296 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6990
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM | AMD Radeon HD 6990 |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 368 | 630 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1857 | 3013 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 9416 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2296 | 3713 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2296 | 3713 |
| 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 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4562 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM | AMD Radeon HD 6990 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 3.0 | TeraScale 3 |
| Code name | Cape Verde | Antilles |
| Design | Radeon RX 500 Series | |
| GCN generation | 3rd Gen | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 | 8 March 2011 |
| Place in performance rating | 623 | 626 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | |
| Price now | $159.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 27.81 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1219 MHz | |
| Compute units | 8 | |
| Core clock speed | 1219 MHz | 830 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1.2 TFLOPs | 2x 2,549.8 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 512 | 2x 1536 |
| Pixel fill rate | 19.50 GP/s | |
| Render output units | 16 | |
| Stream Processors | 512 | |
| Texture fill rate | 39.01 GTexel/s | 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Texture Units | 32 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 375 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,500 million | 2,640 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Length | 295 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 11.2 (11_0) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2x 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 2x 160.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | 5000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| Enduro | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
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| PowerTune | ||
| TressFX | ||
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| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
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