AMD Radeon HD 6990 vs ATI FirePro V9800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6990 and ATI FirePro V9800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6990

ATI FirePro V9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6990

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
4.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 68.0 GTexel / s
Around 92% higher pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 1600
Around 87% better floating-point performance: 2x 2,549.8 gflops vs 2,720.0 gflops
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3013 vs 2727
Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 17.264 vs 9.718
Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 840.452 vs 738.1
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.76 vs 0.867
Around 99% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 53.903 vs 27.153
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 265.302 vs 118.756

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 March 2011 vs 9 September 2010
Texture fill rate	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 68.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 1600
Floating-point performance	2x 2,549.8 gflops vs 2,720.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3013 vs 2727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	17.264 vs 9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	840.452 vs 738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.76 vs 0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	53.903 vs 27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	265.302 vs 118.756

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 830 MHz
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 630

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 830 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 375 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	655 vs 630

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V9800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3013

2727

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

630

655

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17.264

9.718

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

840.452

738.1

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.76

0.867

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

53.903

27.153

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

265.302

118.756

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6990	ATI FirePro V9800
PassMark - G3D Mark	3013	2727
PassMark - G2D Mark	630	655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	17.264	9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	840.452	738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.76	0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	53.903	27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	265.302	118.756
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6990	ATI FirePro V9800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	TeraScale 2
Code name	Antilles	Cypress
Launch date	8 March 2011	9 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$3,499
Place in performance rating	626	627
Price now	$159.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	27.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	830 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,549.8 gflops	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	1600
Texture fill rate	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec	68.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	295 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5