HD Graphics 5000 vs Radeon HD 6990M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between HD Graphics 5000 and Radeon HD 6990M, 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 HD Graphics 5000 stacks up against Radeon HD 6990M, check out specs charts below.

HD Graphics 5000 and Radeon HD 6990M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: HD Graphics 5000 and Radeon HD 6990M 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 HD Graphics 5000 or Radeon HD 6990M here:

Main Specs

  HD Graphics 5000 Radeon HD 6990M
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type System Shared GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6990M has 233% more power consumption, than HD Graphics 5000.
  • HD Graphics 5000 is connected by PCIe 1.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6990M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • HD Graphics 5000 is build with Gen. 7.5 Haswell architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6990M is 515 MHz higher, than HD Graphics 5000.
  • HD Graphics 5000 is manufactured by 22 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990M - by 40 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
ultra / 1080p 0−1 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 10−11 30−33
medium / 1080p 2−3 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 300% more, than HD Graphics 5000.

Full Specs

  HD Graphics 5000 Radeon HD 6990M
Architecture Gen. 7.5 Haswell Terascale 2
Code name Haswell GT3 Blackcomb XTX
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 5 June 2013 12 July 2011
Pipelines 40 1120
Core clock speed 200 MHz 715 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 1,300 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 44.00 40.04
Floating-point performance 1,601.6 gflops
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory + -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.80 N/A
Laptop size large
Quick Sync +
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