GRID M10 8Q vs Radeon HD 6990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M10 8Q 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 GRID M10 8Q 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

  GRID M10 8Q Radeon HD 6990
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6990 has 66% more power consumption, than GRID M10 8Q.
  • GRID M10 8Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6990 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID M10 8Q has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M10 8Q is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of GRID M10 8Q is 203 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • GRID M10 8Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6990 is 28 mm longer, than GRID M10 8Q.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M10 8Q is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 14−16
ultra / 1080p 8−9 9−10
QHD / 1440p 2−3 3−4
low / 720p 27−30 30−35
medium / 1080p 16−18 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 15% more, than GRID M10 8Q.

Full Specs

  GRID M10 8Q Radeon HD 6990
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 3
Code name GM107 Antilles
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 18 May 2016 8 March 2011
Pipelines 640 1536
Core clock speed 1033 MHz 830 MHz
Boost Clock 1306 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 52.24 79.68
Floating-point performance 1,672 gflops 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 267 mm 295 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 265 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 Mh/s
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