GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon HD 6990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 970M 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 970M 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 970M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 970M 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 970M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 970M Radeon HD 6990
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6990 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 970M has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6990 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 94 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 2500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 970M.

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 GeForce GTX 970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon HD 6990.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 970M Radeon HD 6990
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 3
Code name GM204 Antilles
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 October 2014 8 March 2011
Pipelines 1280 1536
Core clock speed 924 MHz 830 MHz
Boost Clock 1038 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 83.04 79.68
Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 295 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1280
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 314 Mh/s 265 Mh/s
Laptop size large
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 Mh/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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