GeForce 820A vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

In this comparison between GeForce 820A and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people GeForce 820A will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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

  GeForce 820A Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2x2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 820A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 820A is 60 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
  • GeForce 820A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 820A is 900 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 1−2 60−65
medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than GeForce 820A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 820A Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Architecture Fermi 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GF117 Blackcomb XTX
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 17 March 2014 12 July 2011
Pipelines 96 2240
Core clock speed 775 MHz 715 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 12.40
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
Laptop size large
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