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AMD logo Radeon HD 6790
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 260

AMD Radeon HD 6790 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 logo
General information Radeon HD 6790 GeForce GTX 260
Launched Q2 2011 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 1024 MB 0 % 896 MB 12.5 %
Core Clock 840 MHz 0 % 576 MHz 31.4 %
Effective Clock 1100 MHz 56 % 2500 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 25.7 % 202 W 0 %
Cooling Fans 2 0 % 1 50 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 6790 GeForce GTX 260
Overall Score 20433 0 % 17790 12.9 %
Future Proof 13 % 38.1 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4175 0 % 3165 24.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 370.6 0 % 58.5 84.2 %
Average DirectX performance 14.8 FPS 0 % 8.2 FPS 44.5 %
DirectX 9 performance 36.1 FPS 0 % 25.8 FPS 28.7 %
DirectX 10 performance 11 FPS 0 % 7 FPS 36.1 %
DirectX 11 performance 12 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 0 FPS NaN % 0 FPS NaN %
Graphic card computing 670 operations/s 0 % 0 operations/s 100 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 6790, GeForce GTX 260.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 6790 GeForce GTX 260
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 35.9 FPS 29.5 FPS
High settings 64.7 FPS 53.1 FPS
Medium settings 77.6 FPS 63.8 FPS
Low settings 108.6 FPS 89.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.9 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon HD 6790, GeForce GTX 260.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 6790 GeForce GTX 260
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 32.8 FPS 28.3 FPS
High settings 59.1 FPS 50.9 FPS
Medium settings 70.9 FPS 61.1 FPS
Low settings 99.2 FPS 85.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.8 %
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