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    GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire. 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 1050 Max Q and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire. 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.
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    GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 1050 Max Q or Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire here:

    GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q Laptops
    Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q 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 4 GB 2x2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is 284 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is 6100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 20−22 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 16−18
    4K / 2160p 5−6 10−11
    low / 720p 40−45 60−65
    medium / 1080p 24−27 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 68% more, than GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
    Architecture Pascal Terascale 2
    Code name N17P-G0 Max-Q Blackcomb XTX
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 3 January 2018 12 July 2011
    Pipelines 640 2240
    Core clock speed 999 - 1189 MHz 715 MHz
    Boost Clock 1139 - 1328 MHz
    Transistor count 3,300 million 2x1700 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 53.12
    Floating-point performance 1,700 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    CUDA 6.1
    Laptop size large large
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