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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AMD Radeon HD 6990

AMD Radeon HD 6990

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

826%
826%

AMD Radeon HD 6990

12%
12%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is approximately 814% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 6990
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 31
Antilles x2
CoresDifferent
6144
1536 x2
TMUsDifferent
384
96 x2
ROPsDifferent
192
32 x2
Memory SizeDifferent
24 GB
2 GB x2
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
384 bit
256 bit x2

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 31
Antilles
CodenameDifferent
Plum Bonito
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 31 XTX(215-145000146)
Antilles XT(215-0807027)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 3.0
TeraScale 3
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
5 nm
40 nm
MCD ProcessDifferent
6 nm
N/A
Process TypeDifferent
N5 / N6 FinFET
N/A
TransistorsDifferent
57,700 million
2,640 million
GCD TransistorsDifferent
45,400 million
N/A
MCD TransistorsDifferent
2,050 million x6
N/A
DensityDifferent
109.1M / mm²
6.8M / mm²
GCD DensityDifferent
150.2M / mm²
N/A
MCD DensityDifferent
54.64M / mm²
N/A
Die SizeDifferent
529 mm²
389 mm²
GCD Die SizeDifferent
304.35 mm²
N/A
MCD Die SizeDifferent
37.52 mm² x6
N/A
Chip PackageDifferent
MCM
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 6990
Release DateDifferent
Nov 3rd, 2022
Mar 8th, 2011
AvailabilityDifferent
Dec 13th, 2022
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi III(RX 7000)
Northern Islands(HD 6900)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi II
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
Navi IV
Southern Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
999 USD
699 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
43 in our database
47 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 6990
Base ClockDifferent
1929 MHz
N/A
Shader ClockDifferent
2269 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2365 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2498 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2500 MHz20 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
830 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 6990
Memory SizeDifferent
24 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
384 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
960.0 GB/s
160.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 6990
Shading UnitsDifferent
6144
1536
TMUsDifferent
384
96
ROPsDifferent
192
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
96
24
Matrix CoresDifferent
192
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
96
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
64 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
256 KB per Array
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
6 MB
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
96 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 6990
Pixel RateDifferent
479.6 GPixel/s
26.56 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
959.2 GTexel/s
79.68 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
122.8 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
61.39 TFLOPS
2.550 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1.918 TFLOPS (1:32)
637.4 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 6990
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
287 mm11.3 inches
310 mm12.2 inches
HeightDifferent
110 mm4.3 inches
115 mm4.5 inches
WidthDifferent
51 mm2 inches
40 mm1.6 inches
TDPDifferent
355 W
375 W
Suggested PSU
750 W
750 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1a2x DisplayPort 2.11x USB Type-C
1x DVI4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-D702A7-00_02
109-C20647-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD Radeon HD 6990
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
1.2
VulkanDifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
5.0

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Arc A380 Performance115%

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Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Performance104%

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