Subscribe to our YouTube channel ×

    Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire vs Radeon R9 M470

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M470, 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 Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire stacks up against Radeon R9 M470, check out specs charts below.
    Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire Check Price
    Radeon R9 M470 Check Price

    Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M470 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire and Radeon R9 M470 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 Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire or Radeon R9 M470 here:

    Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire Laptops
    Radeon R9 M470 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire Radeon R9 M470
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
      Check Price Check Price
    • Radeon R9 M470 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 M470 - with GCN 2.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M470 is 285 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M470 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M470 is 5100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 12−14
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 7−8
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 2−3
    4K / 2160p 10−11 −
    low / 720p 60−65 24−27
    medium / 1080p 40−45 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than Radeon R9 M470.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire Radeon R9 M470
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 2
    Code name Blackcomb XTX Saturn
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 July 2011 14 May 2016
    Pipelines 2240 768
    Core clock speed 715 MHz 1000 MHz
    Boost Clock 1000 MHz
    Transistor count 2x1700 Million 2,080 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 48.00
    Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.3
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Laptop size large large
      Check Price Check Price

    Similar compares