GRID M60 8Q vs Radeon HD 6990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M60 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 M60 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 M60 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 M60 8Q.
  • GRID M60 8Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6990 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID M60 8Q has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M60 8Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 273 MHz higher, than GRID M60 8Q.
  • GRID M60 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 M60 8Q.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M60 8Q is 12 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 14−16
ultra / 1080p 12−14 9−10
QHD / 1440p 6−7 3−4
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 30−35
medium / 1080p 24−27 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GRID M60 8Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Radeon HD 6990.

Full Specs

  GRID M60 8Q Radeon HD 6990
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale 3
Code name GM204 Antilles
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 8 March 2011
Pipelines 2048 1536
Core clock speed 557 MHz 830 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 150.8 79.68
Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 267 mm 295 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 265 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 Mh/s
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