AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM vs AMD FireStream 9250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM and AMD FireStream 9250 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

AMD FireStream 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 625 MHz
85.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s
5.1x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 800
8.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 1 GB
3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1986 MHz
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 465
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5214 vs 1165

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2013 vs 16 June 2008
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 800
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1986 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	658 vs 465
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214 vs 1165

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9250

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 375 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9250

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

465

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5214

1165

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM	AMD FireStream 9250
PassMark - G2D Mark	658	465
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214	1165
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	470.237

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM	AMD FireStream 9250
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Malta	RV770
Launch date	24 April 2013	16 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	327	328
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	950 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops	1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	800
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	307 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 288.0 GB / s	63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3