AMD Radeon HD 6990
VS
AMD Radeon 530
AMD Radeon HD 6990
VS
AMD Radeon 530

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6990 and AMD Radeon 530. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

375
Place in performance rating
670
20.96
Value for money (0-100)
no data
TeraScale 3
Architecture
GCN
Antilles
Code name
Meso
Desktop
Type
Laptop
8 March 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
21 March 2017 (4 years ago)
$699
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$259 (0.4x MSRP)
Price now
$627
3.09
Value for money
0.97
Antilles
GPU code name
Meso
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 6990 and AMD Radeon 530 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
384
830 MHz
Core clock speed
1024 MHz
2,640 million
Transistor count
no data
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
375 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
79.68
Texture fill rate
24.50
2x 2,549.8 gflops
Floating-point performance
784.1 gflops
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
no data
Boost clock speed
1024 MHz
2,640 million
Number of transistors
1,550 million
375 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 6990 and AMD Radeon 530.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
295 mm
Length
no data
2x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 6990 and AMD Radeon 530 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3/GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
2250 MHz
160.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6990 and AMD Radeon 530, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
no data
HDMI
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 6990 and AMD Radeon 530. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX 12, Shader 5.0
4.4
OpenGL
4.5
no data
Vulkan
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6990 and AMD Radeon 530 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 6990 or AMD Radeon 530 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6990
AMD Radeon 530
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6990
AMD Radeon 530
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6990
AMD Radeon 530
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6990
AMD Radeon 530 45.6 16.9 10.8
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6990
AMD Radeon 530 16.5
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6990

9.23% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($259 (0.4x MSRP) vs $627)

More pipelines (1536 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 28.8 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 530

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 375 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6990 or AMD Radeon 530?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6990 .

AMD Radeon HD 6990 versus AMD Radeon 530 performance benchmarks comparison

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