AMD Radeon HD 6990M

The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6990M (or sometimes called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6990) is a high-end graphics card for large laptops (17" and up). It is based on the desktop HD 6870 graphics card and there supports UVD3 decoding and Eyefinity+, albeit with overall reduced clock rates.

The 1120 Stream processors are still based on the "old" 5D architecture similar to the 5000 series. Therefore, the number of shaders is not comparable to the 1D cores of current Nvidia GPUs. The Tessellation performance should be improved (like the desktop 6800 series) with the new cards. The Stream processors can be used with DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL. In particular, DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL can both allow the cores to be used for general computations like video transcoding.

The 3D performance should be similar to the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M in the high end class of notebook graphics cards. Therefore, as of 2011, most modern and demanding games should run in full HD with highest settings fluently. Only Metro 2033 and Crysis (DX11) may need reduced detail settings.

The new UVD3 video decoder supports the decoding of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, Flash and now also Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos on the graphics card.

Furthermore, the HD 6900M series integrates an HD audio controller to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g. für Blu-Ray videos).

The AMD HD3D Technology offers support for Blu-Ray 3D and 3D displays (integrated and external). However, the solution is not as mature as Nvidia's 3D Vision.

Thanks to Eyefinity, the graphics chip is able to theoretically drive up to 6 monitors simultaneously. However, this only works if the laptop features enough DisplayPort outputs.

The high power consumption of the chip limits its use only in large laptops with good cooling solutions (e.g. Alienware M18x or Clevo X7200).

Manufacturer

AMD

Radeon HD 6900M Series

Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire (compare)	2240 @ 715 MHz	256 Bit @ 900 MHz
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire (compare)	1920 @ 680 MHz	256 Bit @ 900 MHz
Radeon HD 6990M	1120 @ 715 MHz	256 Bit @ 900 MHz
Radeon HD 6970M (compare)	960 @ 680 MHz	256 Bit @ 900 MHz
Radeon HD 6950M (compare)	960 @ 580 MHz	256 Bit @ 900 MHz

Codename

Blackcomb XTX

Architecture

Terascale 2

Pipelines

1120 - unified

Core Speed

715 MHz

Memory Speed

900 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Max. Amount of Memory

2048 MB

Shared Memory

DirectX

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0

Transistor Count

1700 Million

technology

40 nm

Notebook Size

large

Date of Announcement

12.07.2011

Link to Manufacturer Page

http://www.amd.com/us/products/notebook/...

Benchmarks

3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720

min: 3529 avg: 3572.3 median: 3535 (10%) max: 3653 points

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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720

min: 3179 avg: 3238.3 median: 3227 (6%) max: 3309 points

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

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NVIDIA GeForce 845M -8%

NVIDIA Quadro P500 -7%

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 -5%

AMD Radeon HD 7770 -4%

AMD FirePro W5130M -4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M -3%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 -3%

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 -1%

AMD Radeon HD 6990M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M 0%

AMD Radeon R9 M275 1%

NVIDIA GeForce 945M 2%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI 2%

AMD Radeon R9 M375 2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M 5%

ATI Radeon HD 5850 5%

NVIDIA GeForce MX230 5%

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop) 1356%

100%

3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +

P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +

3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768

59748 Points (62%)

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3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768

min: 62353 avg: 64034.7 median: 62835 (33%) max: 66916 Points

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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768

min: 26106 avg: 26942.7 median: 26622 (50%) max: 28100 Points

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3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +

Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024

min: 36 avg: 41.9 median: 37 (17%) max: 51 fps

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SPECviewperf 11
Siemens NX 1920x1080 +

Tcvis 1920x1080 +

SolidWorks 1920x1080 +

Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080 +

Maya 1920x1080 +

Lightwave 1920x1080 +

Ensight 1920x1080 +

Catia 1920x1080 +

Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics

7.7 points (109%)

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics

7.7 points (109%)

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Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +

Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit +

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

F1 2012

2012

59 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.

Max Payne 3

2012

58.3 fps + Compare

65.1 fps + Compare

38.4 fps + Compare

29.2 fps + Compare

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Dirt Showdown

2012

81.4 fps + Compare

62.7 fps + Compare

60.1 fps + Compare

35.7 fps + Compare

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Diablo III

2012

210.2 fps + Compare

145 fps + Compare

97.1 fps + Compare

73 fps + Compare

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Risen 2: Dark Waters

2012

98 fps + Compare

78.7 fps + Compare

59.1 fps + Compare

27.9 fps + Compare

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Mass Effect 3

2012

60 fps + Compare

59.4 fps + Compare

56.4 fps + Compare

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Alan Wake

2012

92.7 fps + Compare

59.4 fps + Compare

30.6 fps + Compare

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Star Wars: The Old Republic

2011

75.5 fps + Compare

52.8 fps + Compare

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Schenker XMG P701 PRO	2760QM	16384 MB	715 / 900 MHz	2048MB Clevo 8.850.0.0	3529
Eurocom Panther 3.0	990X EE	12288 MB	715 / 900 MHz	2048MB GDDR5-VRAM 8.872.0.0	3535
Desktop 6870 at 6990M clocks	2600K	4096 MB	715 / 900 MHz		3653

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Eurocom Panther 3.0	990X EE	12288 MB	715 / 900 MHz	2048MB GDDR5-VRAM 8.872.0.0	3179
Schenker XMG P701 PRO	2760QM	16384 MB	715 / 900 MHz	2048MB Clevo 8.850.0.0	3227
Desktop 6870 at 6990M clocks	2600K	4096 MB	715 / 900 MHz		3309

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Schenker XMG P701 PRO	2760QM	16384 MB	715 / 900 MHz	2048MB Clevo 8.850.0.0	14349
Desktop 6870 at 6990M clocks	2600K	4096 MB	715 / 900 MHz		15113
Eurocom Panther 3.0	990X EE	12288 MB	715 / 900 MHz	2048MB GDDR5-VRAM 8.872.0.0	15754

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Schenker XMG P701 PRO	2760QM	16384 MB	715 / 900 MHz	2048MB Clevo 8.850.0.0	13046
Eurocom Panther 3.0	990X EE	12288 MB	715 / 900 MHz	2048MB GDDR5-VRAM 8.872.0.0	13480
Desktop 6870 at 6990M clocks	2600K	4096 MB	715 / 900 MHz		13497

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Desktop 6870 at 6990M clocks	2600K	4096 MB	715 / 900 MHz		59748