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).
Radeon HD 6900M Series 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 no API DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 Transistor Count 1.7 Billion technology 40 nm Notebook Size large Date of Announcement 12.07.2011 Link to Manufacturer Page www.amd.com
Benchmarks 3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 3529 avg: 3572 median: 3535 (5%) max: 3653 Points
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
min: 36.6 avg: 41.9 median: 37.2 (7%) max: 51.8 fps
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SPECviewperf 11 specvp11 snx-01 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
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specvp11 tcvis-02 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
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specvp11 sw-02 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
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specvp11 proe-05 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
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specvp11 ensight-04 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
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specvp11 catia-03 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
min: 7.6 avg: 7.7 median: 7.7 (97%) max: 7.7 Points
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min: 7.6 avg: 7.7 median: 7.7 (97%) max: 7.7 Points
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 7359 avg: 8395 median: 8394.5 (6%) max: 9430 points
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
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- 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.
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0 100 Tooltip : Ø63.3 (53-87)
XMG P701 PRO: Ø98.6 (88-118)
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Additional Benchmarks
Ultra DX11 High Res Textures 1920x1080
25.2 [X] Intel Core i7-990X EE 3.5GHz
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Class 2 Radeon PRO W6600M *
Class 3 UHD Graphics 32EUs
UHD Graphics 750
Class 4
Class 5 * Approximate position of the graphics adapter
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