GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q vs Radeon HD 6990M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q 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 GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q stacks up against Radeon HD 6990M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q and Radeon HD 6990M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q and Radeon HD 6990M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q or Radeon HD 6990M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q Radeon HD 6990M
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q has 15% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6990M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q is 386 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q is 7100 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 GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q Radeon HD 6990M
Architecture Pascal Terascale 2
Code name N17E-G2 Max-Q Blackcomb XTX
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 30 May 2017 12 July 2011
Pipelines 2048 1120
Core clock speed 1101 - 1215 MHz 715 MHz
Boost Clock 1265 - 1379 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 176.5 40.04
Floating-point performance 5,648 gflops 1,601.6 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 256.3 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large large
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