AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Radeon HD 8990 OEM videocard released by AMD; release date: 24 April 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $999. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Malta.

Core clock speed - 950 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1000 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 2048. Floating-point performance - 2x 4,096 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 4,313 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 375 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 3 GB. Memory bus width - 2x 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 6000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 288.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
658
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
5214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
44.481 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1984.655 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
8.536 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
125.504 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
470.237 mHash/s
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 658
PassMark - G3D Mark 5214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 44.481 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1984.655 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 8.536 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 125.504 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 470.237 mHash/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Malta
Launch date 24 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Place in performance rating 332
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 950 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 2x 2048
Texture fill rate 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 375 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 307 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5