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AMD logo Radeon HD 6790
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General information Radeon HD 6790 GeForce GTS 250
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 % 1024 MB 0 %
Core Clock 840 MHz 0 % 738 MHz 12.1 %
Effective Clock 1100 MHz 45 % 2000 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 150 W 0 %
Length 261 mm 0 % 241 mm 7.7 %
Cooling Fans 2 0 % 1 50 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon HD 6790 GeForce GTS 250
Overall Score 20436 0 % 12462 39 %
Future Proof 13 % 38.1 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4176 0 % 1553 62.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 373.3 0 % 59.1 84.2 %
Average DirectX performance 14.8 FPS 0 % 6.3 FPS 57.5 %
DirectX 9 performance 36.3 FPS 0 % 23.2 FPS 36.1 %
DirectX 10 performance 10.9 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 81.8 %
DirectX 11 performance 12 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 0 FPS NaN % 0 FPS NaN %
Graphic card computing 662 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 GTS 250.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 6790 GeForce GTS 250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 36.0 FPS 17.6 FPS
High settings 64.7 FPS 31.6 FPS
Medium settings 77.7 FPS 37.9 FPS
Low settings 108.7 FPS 53.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 51.2 %

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 GTS 250.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 6790 GeForce GTS 250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 32.8 FPS 19.0 FPS
High settings 59.0 FPS 34.3 FPS
Medium settings 70.8 FPS 41.1 FPS
Low settings 99.1 FPS 57.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.9 %
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