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    GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 460 and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire. 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 460 and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire. 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.
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    Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire 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 Crossfire here:

    Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 2x2 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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    • GeForce GTX 460 has 766 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
    • GeForce GTX 460 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 460 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is 40 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 460.
    • GeForce GTX 460 and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 is 2700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 24−27 60−65
    medium / 1080p 14−16 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than GeForce GTX 460.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
    Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
    Code name GF104 Blackcomb XTX
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 12 July 2010 12 July 2011
    Pipelines 336 2240
    Core clock speed 675 MHz 715 MHz
    Transistor count 1,950 million 2x1700 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 37.80
    Floating-point performance 907.2 gflops
    Length 8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.1
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
    Height 4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI +
    HDCP +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
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