Radeon HD 6990 vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
Radeon HD 6990
100%
Radeon R9 290
144%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6990
100%
Radeon R9 290
128%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6990 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290 |
| 28% higher gaming performance. |
| 100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6990 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 290
The Radeon R9 290 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6990 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Antilles (Antilles XT) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 24 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 830 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 96 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6990 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6990 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 375 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Mar 2011 | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
Radeon HD 6990
26.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6990
79.70 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6990
160.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6990
2550.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6990
10720
Radeon R9 290
15440
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 6990
45
Radeon R9 290
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 6990
71
Radeon R9 290
90
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6990
41
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6990
60
Radeon R9 290
77
FPS (higher is better)