AMD Radeon HD 7990 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7990 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7990

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 73% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • 483.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
  • 51.2x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 80
  • 93.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 88 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 12x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3.8x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 29.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5566 vs 188
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 382
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 April 2013 vs 5 May 2010
Core clock speed 950 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2048 vs 80
Floating-point performance 2x 4,096 gflops vs 88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 2x 3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5566 vs 188
PassMark - G2D Mark 766 vs 382

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

  • 25x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 375 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7990
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5566
188
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
766
382
Name AMD Radeon HD 7990 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
PassMark - G3D Mark 5566 188
PassMark - G2D Mark 766 382
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 Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Malta M92
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date 24 April 2013 5 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Place in performance rating 412 410
Price now $1,126.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 7.87

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 950 MHz 550 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 4,096 gflops 88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 2x 2048 80
Texture fill rate 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec 4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 375 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million 242 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Length 307 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 3 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 2x 288.0 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 384 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory 0