FirePro V7900 vs Radeon HD 6990

In this comparison between FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 6990 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people FirePro V7900 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 6990 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon HD 6990
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6990 has 148% more power consumption, than FirePro V7900.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 6990 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 6990 are build with TeraScale 3 architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 105 MHz higher, than FirePro V7900.
  • FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 6990 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6990 is 16 mm longer, than FirePro V7900.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 and Radeon HD 6990 is 5000 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 14−16
ultra / 1080p 6−7 9−10
QHD / 1440p 1−2 3−4
low / 720p 24−27 30−35
medium / 1080p 14−16 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 36% more, than FirePro V7900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon HD 6990
Architecture TeraScale 3 TeraScale 3
Code name Cayman Antilles
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 8 March 2011
Pipelines 1280 1536
Core clock speed 725 MHz 830 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 79.68
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 279 mm 295 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s 265 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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