GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 mobile 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 GeForce GTX 1050 mobile stacks up against Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 mobile 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 mobile or Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 639 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 6108 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 35−40
ultra / 1080p 14−16 21−24
QHD / 1440p 8−9 16−18
4K / 2160p 6−7 10−11
low / 720p 40−45 60−65
medium / 1080p 27−30 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 60% more, than GeForce GTX 1050 mobile.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Architecture Pascal Terascale 2
Code name GP107B Blackcomb XTX
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 3 January 2017 12 July 2011
Pipelines 640 2240
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 715 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 59.72
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Multi monitor support +
HDCP 2.2
Laptop size large large
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
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