AMD Radeon HD 7990 vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7990 and AMD FirePro W8000 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon HD 7990

AMD FirePro W8000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7990

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 900 MHz
21.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 100.8 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1792
2.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 4 GB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5566 vs 4096
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 464
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 88.665 vs 64.628
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 434.598 vs 387.109

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2013 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 1792
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5566 vs 4096
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	88.665 vs 64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	434.598 vs 387.109

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7400 vs 6689
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7400 vs 6689

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt vs 375 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7400 vs 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7400 vs 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7990
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5566

4096

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

464

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

88.665

64.628

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

434.598

387.109

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6689

7400

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3712

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6689

7400

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3712

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3357

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7990	AMD FirePro W8000
PassMark - G3D Mark	5566	4096
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	88.665	64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1753.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	88.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	434.598	387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6689	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6689	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
Geekbench - OpenCL		82941

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7990	AMD FirePro W8000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Malta	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	24 April 2013	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$1,599
Place in performance rating	412	409
Price now	$1,126.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	7.87
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	950 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops	3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	1792
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
DisplayPort count		4
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	307 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	11.2	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 288.0 GB / s	176 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5