FirePro W600 vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W600 and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W600 stacks up against Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire 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 Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W600 Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2x2 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W600 and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro W600 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W600 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W600 is 35 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
  • FirePro W600 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W600 is 3100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 18−20 60−65
medium / 1080p 10−11 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than FirePro W600.

Full Specs

  FirePro W600 Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 2
Code name Cape Verde Blackcomb XTX
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 13 June 2012 12 July 2011
Pipelines 512 2240
Core clock speed 750 MHz 715 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 24.00
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops
Length 163 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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