Radeon HD 6990M vs Tesla M60

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6990M and Tesla M60. 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 Radeon HD 6990M and Tesla M60. 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.

Radeon HD 6990M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6990M 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 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6990M Tesla M60
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 300 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M60 has 200% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • Radeon HD 6990M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Tesla M60 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M60 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • Radeon HD 6990M is used in Laptops, and Tesla M60 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6990M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla M60 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6990M is 158 MHz higher, than Tesla M60.
  • Radeon HD 6990M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Tesla M60 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M60 is 4112 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 35−40
ultra / 1080p 8−9 24−27
QHD / 1440p 3−4 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 30−33 60−65
medium / 1080p 16−18 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 153% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6990M Tesla M60
Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Blackcomb XTX GM204
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 12 July 2011 30 August 2015
Pipelines 1120 2048
Core clock speed 715 MHz 557 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 40.04 150.8
Floating-point performance 1,601.6 gflops 2x 4,833 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 160.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 432 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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