FirePro S10000 vs Radeon HD 6990M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro S10000 and Radeon HD 6990M, 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 S10000 stacks up against Radeon HD 6990M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6990M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6990M 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 Radeon HD 6990M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro S10000 Radeon HD 6990M
Power consumption (TDP) 750 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro S10000 has 650% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • FirePro S10000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6990M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro S10000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • FirePro S10000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6990M - in Laptops.
  • FirePro S10000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro S10000 is 110 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • FirePro S10000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro S10000 is 4100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
ultra / 1080p 21−24 8−9
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 30−33
medium / 1080p 40−45 16−18
The average gaming FPS of FirePro S10000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.

Full Specs

  FirePro S10000 Radeon HD 6990M
Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 2
Code name Tahiti Blackcomb XTX
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 12 November 2012 12 July 2011
Pipelines 4096 1120
Core clock speed 825 MHz 715 MHz
Boost Clock 950 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 106.4 40.04
Floating-point performance 2x 3,405 gflops 1,601.6 gflops
Length 305 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 480 GB/s 115.2 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 PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 383 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
Dual-link DVI support +
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