AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

225
Place in performance rating
255
Vega
Architecture
Terascale 2
Vega 12
Code name
Blackcomb XTX
Mobile workstation
Type
Laptop
15 November 2018 (3 years ago)
Release date
12 July 2011 (10 years ago)
$360
Price now
$170
31.98
Value for money
11.85
Vega Mobile
GPU code name
Blackcomb XTX
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
2240
815 MHz
Core clock speed
715 MHz
1283 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
no data
Transistor count
2x1700 Million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
102.6
Texture fill rate
no data
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2240
1283 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
no data
Number of transistors
2x1700 Million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
no data
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
no data
large
Laptop size
large

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 Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire can be seen in this section.

HBM2
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2x2 GB
1024 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1480 MHz
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
189.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
4.6
OpenGL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire 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 Pro Vega 20 or AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
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 Pro Vega 20

4.7% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2x2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

Cheaper ($170 vs $360)

More pipelines (2240 vs 1280)

So, AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 or AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 .

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 versus AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire performance benchmarks comparison

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