FirePro W9000 vs Radeon HD 6990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W9000 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 FirePro W9000 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.

Main Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon HD 6990
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6990 has 7% more power consumption, than FirePro W9000.
  • FirePro W9000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6990 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W9000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 145 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • FirePro W9000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6990 is 16 mm longer, than FirePro W9000.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 500 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
ultra / 1080p 21−24 9−10
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 30−35
medium / 1080p 40−45 18−20
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon HD 6990.

Full Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon HD 6990
Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 3
Code name Tahiti Antilles
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 8 March 2011
Pipelines 2048 1536
Core clock speed 975 MHz 830 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 124.8 79.68
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 279 mm 295 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 460 Mh/s 265 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
Dual-link DVI support +
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