AMD Radeon HD 7990 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7990 and ATI FireGL V8600 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 7990

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7990

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 688 MHz
193.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 11.01 GTexel / s
12.8x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 320
18.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 1 GB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
6.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5566 vs 839
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2013 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5566 vs 839
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 406

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 159 Watt vs 375 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	159 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7990
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5566

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

406

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7990	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	5566	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	88.665
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7990	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Malta	R600
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	24 April 2013	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$1,899
Place in performance rating	412	363
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	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	320
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	307 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 288.0 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4