FirePro M6000 vs Radeon HD 6990

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M6000 and Radeon HD 6990, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro M6000 stacks up against Radeon HD 6990, check out specs charts below.

FirePro M6000 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro M6000 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with FirePro M6000 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M6000 Radeon HD 6990
Power consumption (TDP) 43 Watt 375 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6990 has 772% more power consumption, than FirePro M6000.
  • FirePro M6000 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6990 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro M6000 and Radeon HD 6990 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro M6000 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6990 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M6000 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 80 MHz higher, than FirePro M6000.
  • FirePro M6000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 500 MHz higher, than FirePro M6000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 14−16
ultra / 1080p 5−6 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 20−22 30−35
medium / 1080p 10−12 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 72% more, than FirePro M6000.

Full Specs

  FirePro M6000 Radeon HD 6990
Architecture GCN TeraScale 3
Code name Heathrow Antilles
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 1 July 2012 8 March 2011
Pipelines 640 1536
Core clock speed 750 MHz 830 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 32.00 79.68
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 295 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support n/a
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 265 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 Mh/s
Form factor MXM-B
StereoOutput3D +
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