NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon HD 6990

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q 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, 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

AMD Radeon HD 6990

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 999 MHz vs 830 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4035 vs 3014
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6614 vs 4562
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6614 vs 4562

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2018 vs 8 March 2011
Core clock speed	999 MHz vs 830 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 375 Watt
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4035 vs 3014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6614 vs 4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6614 vs 4562

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6990

5.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 53.12 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 640
3x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,549.8 gflops vs 1,700 gflops
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 286
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 1491
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1341
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 1491
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1341

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 53.12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2x 2,549.8 gflops vs 1,700 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	532 vs 286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 1341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6990

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4035

3014

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

286

532

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6614

4562

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1491

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1341

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6614

4562

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1491

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1341

3356

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	AMD Radeon HD 6990
PassMark - G3D Mark	4035	3014
PassMark - G2D Mark	286	532
Geekbench - OpenCL	12601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6614	4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1491	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1341	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6614	4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1491	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1341	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2076	0
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	AMD Radeon HD 6990
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 3
Code name	GP107	Antilles
Launch date	3 January 2018	8 March 2011
Place in performance rating	670	666
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$159.99
Value for money (0-100)		27.81
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz
Core clock speed	999 MHz	830 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops	2x 2,549.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	375 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	2,640 million
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
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Length		295 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.1 GB / s	2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0