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Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070

778%
778%

AMD Radeon HD 6990

14%
14%
AMD Radeon RX 9070 is approximately 764% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 6990
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 48
Antilles x2
CoresDifferent
3584
1536 x2
TMUsDifferent
224
96 x2
ROPsDifferent
128
32 x2
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
2 GB x2
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
256 bit x2

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 48
Antilles
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 48 XT(215-176600331)
Antilles XT(215-0807027)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 4.0
TeraScale 3
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process TypeDifferent
N4P FinFET
N/A
Process SizeDifferent
4 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
53,900 million
2,640 million
DensityDifferent
151.0M / mm²
6.8M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
357 mm²
389 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
Monolithic
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 6990
Release DateDifferent
Mar 6th, 2025
Mar 8th, 2011
AnnouncedDifferent
Jan 6th, 2025
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi IV(RX 9000)
Northern Islands(HD 6900)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi III
Evergreen
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
549 USD
699 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
21 in our database
47 in our database
SuccessorDifferent
N/A
Southern Islands

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 6990
Base ClockDifferent
1330 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2070 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2520 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2518 MHz20.1 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
830 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 6990
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
644.6 GB/s
160.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 6990
Shading UnitsDifferent
3584
1536
TMUsDifferent
224
96
ROPsDifferent
128
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
56
24
Matrix CoresDifferent
112
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
56
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
8 MB
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
64 MB
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
8 KB (per CU)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 6990
Pixel RateDifferent
322.6 GPixel/s
26.56 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
564.5 GTexel/s
79.68 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
72.25 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
36.13 TFLOPS
2.550 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,129.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
637.4 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 6990
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
TDPDifferent
220 W
375 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
550 W
750 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1b3x DisplayPort 2.1a
1x DVI4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
LengthDifferent
N/A
310 mm12.2 inches
HeightDifferent
N/A
115 mm4.5 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
40 mm1.6 inches
Board NumberDifferent
N/A
109-C20647-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD 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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