GeForce GTX 465 vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 465 and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire, 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 465 stacks up against Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

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:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 465 Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pins
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2x2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 465.
  • GeForce GTX 465 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 465 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 465 is 500 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 465 and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 465 is 703 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 35−40
ultra / 1080p 8−9 21−24
QHD / 1440p 3−4 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 30−33 60−65
medium / 1080p 18−20 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than GeForce GTX 465.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 465 Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF100 Blackcomb XTX
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 31 May 2010 12 July 2011
Pipelines 352 2240
Core clock speed 1215 MHz 715 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 26.7 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 855.4 gflops
Length 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1603 MHz (3206 data rate) 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.2
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 352
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 64 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Compute performance 30x
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