AMD Radeon HD 7990 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7990 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7990

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
49.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 43.2 billion / sec
32x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 128
19x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 512 MB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5566 vs 769
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2013 vs 28 March 2008
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 43.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 128
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5566 vs 769
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 366

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Around 78% higher core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 950 MHz
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 375 Watt

Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 950 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7990
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5566

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

366

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7990	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	5566	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	366
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	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Malta	G92
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	24 April 2013	28 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$299
Place in performance rating	417	414
Price now	$1,126.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.87
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	950 MHz	1688 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	128
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	307 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	11.2	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 288.0 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI