GeForce GTX 1070 mobile vs Radeon HD 6990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and Radeon HD 6990. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and Radeon HD 6990. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 1070 mobile 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 GeForce GTX 1070 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Radeon HD 6990
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6990 has 212% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1070 mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6990 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6990 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is 676 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 4992 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1070 mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 14−16
ultra / 1080p 35−40 9−10
QHD / 1440p 27−30 3−4
4K / 2160p 16−18
low / 720p 80−85 30−35
medium / 1080p 60−65 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1070 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 246% more, than Radeon HD 6990.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Radeon HD 6990
Architecture Pascal TeraScale 3
Code name N17E-G2 Antilles
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 September 2016 8 March 2011
Pipelines 2048 1536
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 830 MHz
Boost Clock 1645 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 210.6 79.68
Floating-point performance 6,738 gflops 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 295 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8 GB/s 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1920
Bus support PCIe 3.0
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 265 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 Mh/s
GPU Boost 3.0
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