AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM videocard review

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

1305

658

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38719

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

95.851 Frames/s

8.536 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

461.690 Frames/s

125.504 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4429.590 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	320
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