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    Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire vs Radeon RX 550

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire and Radeon RX 550, 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 RX 550, check out specs charts below.
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    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:

    Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire Radeon RX 550
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon RX 550 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 550 - in Desktops.
    • Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 - with GCN 4.0.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 385 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
    • Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 6100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 8−9
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
    4K / 2160p 10−11 −
    low / 720p 60−65 30−33
    medium / 1080p 40−45 18−20
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon RX 550.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire Radeon RX 550
    Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 4.0
    Code name Blackcomb XTX Lexa
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 12 July 2011 20 April 2017
    Pipelines 2240 512
    Core clock speed 715 MHz 1100 MHz
    Boost Clock 1183 MHz
    Transistor count 2x1700 Million 2,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 37.86
    Floating-point performance 1,211 gflops
    Length 145 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz 7000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Laptop size large
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